title: Cross-infection: a long-running saga.
abstract: Problems of cross-infection and drug-resistance have been highlighted in the health sector for many years. For this Health Estate Journal 'Then and now' feature, Mike Arrowsmith BSc (Hons) CEng FIMechE FIHEEM, technical editor, provides commentary on an article which was published in The Hospital Engineer, the journal of the Institution of Hospital Engineers, in April 1960. The text of this article follows that of the commentary.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arrowsmith
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D058016:Health Facility Administration; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects; D006113:United Kingdom