I read with great interest Dr Charnock's1 paper about bacterial contamination of waiting room magazines. I wonder whether he made any attempt to differentiate between titles? Were there similar numbers of bacteria on Readers Digest as The Field? Is Cosmopolitan as dirty as Good Housekeeping?
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- 1.Charnock C. Swabbing of waiting room magazines reveals only low levels of bacterial contamination. Br J Gen Pract. 2005;55:37–39. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]