Nosocomial infection linked to handwashing.
Study showed that sinks throughout a hospital harbored antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria that had caused nosocomial infections and that could contaminate hands during washing.
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D004323:Drainage, Sanitary; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D009825:Oklahoma; D014871:Water Microbiology