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Why you should close hospital toilet before you flush

A toilet in a hospital. [Getty Images]

Could the next potential 'superbug' that overruns hospitals come from their bathrooms? Researchers from the National Health Service in Scotland believe so.

A new study has revealed that hospital toilets are the real hotbeds of bacteria and fungi, including dangerous drug-resistant superbugs-with men's toilets being the worst culprits.

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