There is an article by Carrie Arnold in the new issue of EHP (Environmental Health Perspectives) should be of interest to some people out there:
EHP — Rethinking Sterile: The Hospital Microbiome.
In the article, Carrie Arnold discusses Jack Gilbert’s hospital microbiome project, hospital acquired infections, DNA based surveys of microbes, and work from the BioBE center in Oregon on hospitals. Definitely worth a read.