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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2018

Deposition of Bacteria and Bacterial Spores by Bathroom Hot-Air Hand Dryers.

Luz Del Carmen Huesca-Espitia, Jaber Aslanzadeh, Richard Feinn, Gabrielle Joseph, Thomas S Murray, Peter Setlow

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luz Del Carmen Huesca-EspitiaDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
Jaber AslanzadehDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Richard FeinnDepartment of Medical Sciences, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, North Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Gabrielle JosephDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
Thomas S MurrayDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, Connecticut, USA tmurray@connecticutchildrens.org setlow@nso2.uchc.edu.
Peter SetlowDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, Connecticut, USA tmurray@connecticutchildrens.org setlow@nso2.uchc.edu.
UConn Health · USQuinnipiac University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hot-air hand dryers in multiple men's and women's bathrooms in three basic science research areas in an academic health center were screened for their deposition on plates of (i) total bacteria, some of which were identified, and (ii) a kanamycin-resistant

Indexed as

Air MicrobiologyToilet FacilitiesBacillus subtilisBacteriaHandHand DisinfectionHumansMexicoSpores, BacterialBacillusBacillus subtilishand dryersinfection controlpathogensspores

Identifiers

PMID29439992
PMCPMC5881072
OpenAlexW2790575774

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