Beware the hospital sink drain. A new study out this week shows that these drains can be a common source of scary, drug-resistant pathogens, even after deep cleaning. Researchers at the University of ...

Sink traps may pose as hidden reservoirs for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study published Oct. 4 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. For the study, researchers conducted a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hospital sinks are readily contaminated with antibiotic-resistant pathogens. A hospital that replaced drains in ...

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) reports the infection prevention steps taken to control a months-long multispecies outbreak of carbapenemase-producing ...

Bacteria proliferate in hospital sink drains, and new research from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville charts out bacteria’s pathways from the sink to hospital patients. “Our study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Replacing sinks in a pediatric ward did not end an outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria but core infection ...

TORONTO -- It's a cruel irony that in a setting where clean hands are critical, the sinks turned out to be the problem. The design and placement of hand hygiene stations in hospital rooms housing ...

Researchers from Spain conducted a study on sink drains across various wards in a contemporary university hospital that ...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such "health-care-associated infections" (HAI) are a growing problem worldwide, taking up an estimated 6% ...

As cold and flu season begins—and COVID continues to spread—you may be washing your hands more than usual. But how often do you clean the place you clean your hands? When it comes to dangerous ...