Silentia folding screen on the recovery ward at Køge Hospital. It is estimated that one in 10 Danes who are admitted into hospitals is affected by a hospital infection. In most cases these infections are caused by bacteria such as staphylococcus and Escherichia coli. Although new patients are given clean bed linen and clean beds, the curtain screens are not taken down and washed. But these curtains often hide many infec­ tious bacteria.

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