title: Hospital bath basins are frequently contaminated with multidrug-resistant human pathogens.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. drormc@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Dror
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marchaim
authors.forename: Alexis R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Kayoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: Suchitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bheemreddy
authors.forename: Bharath
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sunkara
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moshos
authors.forename: Teena
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.forename: Odaliz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abreu-Lanfranco
authors.forename: Emily T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pogue
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Lephart
authors.forename: Sanjeet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.forename: Sorabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.forename: Keith S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kaye
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001494:Baths; D002170:Canada; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States