A prospective multicenter surveillance study to investigate the risk associated with contaminated sinks in the intensive care unit

Reduced rate of intensive care unit acquired gram-negative bacilli after removal of sinks and introduction of ‘water-free’ patient care

(2017) Joost Hopman et al.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

The sink as a potential source of transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the intensive care unit

(2017) Deborah De Geyter et al.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Healthcare Outbreaks Associated With a Water Reservoir and Infection Prevention Strategies

(2016) Hajime Kanamori et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Persisting transmission of carbapenemase-producingKlebsiella pneumoniaedue to an environmental reservoir in a university hospital, France, 2012 to 2014

(2016) Béatrice Clarivet et al.   Eurosurveillance

Transmission of metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a nephrology-transplant intensive care unit with potential link to the environment

(2016) V. Ambrogi et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Outbreak of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Enterobacter cloacae with High MICs of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in a Hematology Ward Associated with Contaminated Sinks

(2016) Angélique Chapuis et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Self-disinfecting sink drains reduce thePseudomonas aeruginosabioburden in a neonatal intensive care unit

(2015) Christoph Fusch et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Contaminated Handwashing Sinks as the Source of a Clonal Outbreak of KPC-2-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca on a Hematology Ward

(2014) Eva Leitner et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Controlling Hospital-Acquired Infection: Focus on the Role of the Environment and New Technologies for Decontamination

(2014) Stephanie J. Dancer   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

An integrated approach to control a prolonged outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an intensive care unit

(2013) M. Knoester et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

The role of water in healthcare-associated infections

(2013) Brooke K. Decker et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Contaminated sinks in intensive care units: an underestimated source of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the patient environment

(2013) D. Roux et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

A Long-Term Low-Frequency Hospital Outbreak of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Involving Intergenus Plasmid Diffusion and a Persisting Environmental Reservoir

(2013) Ståle Tofteland et al.   PLoS One

Laboratory Detection of Enterobacteriaceae That Produce Carbapenemases

(2012) D. Doyle et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreaks in two hospitals: association with contaminated hospital waste-water systems

(2012) A.S. Breathnach et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Minor outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in an intensive care unit due to a contaminated sink

(2012) G. Starlander et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Estimating Attributable Mortality Due to Nosocomial Infections Acquired in Intensive Care Units

(2010) Jean-Marie Januel et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Development of a set of multiplex PCR assays for the detection of genes encoding important β-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae

(2010) Caroline Dallenne et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Colonization and Infection Secondary to Imperfect Intensive Care Unit Room Design

(2008) Susy Hota et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY