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Hospital bath basins are frequently contaminated with multidrug-resistant human pathogens |
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| Authors: | Marchaim Dror Taylor Alexis R Hayakawa Kayoko Bheemreddy Suchitha Sunkara Bharath Moshos Judy Chopra Teena Abreu-Lanfranco Odaliz Martin Emily T Pogue Jason M Lephart Paul R Panda Sanjeet Dhar Sorabh Kaye Keith S |
| Affiliation: | Division of Infectious Diseases, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. drormc@hotmail.com |
| Abstract: | The hospital environment is increasingly recognized as a reservoir for hospital-acquired pathogens. During a 44-month study period, a total of 1,103 basins from 88 hospitals in the United States and Canada were sampled. Overall, 62.2% of the basins (at least 1 basin at each hospital) were contaminated with commonly encountered hospital-acquired pathogens. |
| Keywords: | Hospital-acquired infection MDR MDRO Nosocomial HAI |
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