ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2019
Droplet- Rather than Aerosol-Mediated Dispersion Is the Primary Mechanism of Bacterial Transmission from Contaminated Hand-Washing Sink Traps.
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- Disinfection of Hospital Sink Drains Enriches Pseudomonadota and Efflux Pump-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance in Reestablished Biofilms.Research square · 2025Article
- Survey of healthcare-associated sink infrastructure, and sink trap antibiotic residues and biochemistry, in twenty-nine UK hospitals.The Journal of hospital infection · 2025Article
- Healthcare-associated bloodstream infections caused by bacterial and fungal contamination of intravenous fluids and medicines in healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Article
- Bacterial contamination of mobile handwashing stations in hospital settings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2024Article
- Persistence of OXA-48-producing ST-22Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024Article
- Investigation on the contaminate of hand washing activities on the surface of environmental objects in intensive care unit.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Nosocomial outbreak caused by disinfectant-resistantEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024Article
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- Environmental Contamination and Persistence of Clostridioides difficile in Hospital Wastewater Systems.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- Quaternary ammonium disinfectants and antiseptics: tolerance, resistance and potential impact on antibiotic resistance.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2023Review
- Genomic epidemiology of nosocomial carbapenemase-producingFrontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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- Role of the environment in transmission of Gram-negative bacteria in two consecutive outbreaks in a haematology-oncology department.Infection prevention in practice · 2022Article
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Abstract
An alarming rise in hospital outbreaks implicating hand-washing sinks has led to widespread acknowledgment that sinks are a major reservoir of antibiotic-resistant pathogens in patient care areas. An earlier study using green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing
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