Cubicle curtains are the elephant in the room It’s time to address an often overlooked issue in patient care areas

https://www.hfmmagazine.com/articles/1848-cubicle-curtains-the-elephant-in-the-room

“In fact, one study in the November 2008 issue of Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology has indicated that 42 percent of privacy curtains are contaminated with vancomycin-resistant enterococci, 22 percent with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and 4 percent Clostridium difficile — making them the elephant in the patient room.”