Increasing rates of antimicrobial-resistant organisms have focused attention on sink
drainage systems as reservoirs for hospital-acquired Gammaproteobacteria colonization …

Water distribution systems have long been known to be reservoirs and occasional sources
for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). 1, 2 Recently, hospital-building wastewater …

Summary Background Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a major problem in
intensive care units (ICUs). The hospital water environment is a potential reservoir for Gram …

Abstract Purpose of Review In this review, we summarize recent outbreaks attributed to
hospital sinks and examine design features and behaviors that contributed to these …

Background Sinks in hospitals are a possible reservoir for healthcare-related pathogens.
They have been identified as a source of nosocomial outbreaks in intensive care units (ICU); …

Background Sinks in patient rooms are associated with hospital-acquired infections. The aim
of this study was to evaluate the effect of removal of sinks from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) …

In 4 hospitals, we demonstrated frequent dispersal of fluorescent tracer and fluoroquinolone-
resistant gram-negative bacilli from sink drains to sink bowls and to surfaces outside the …

In hospitals, sinks act as reservoirs for bacterial pathogens. To assess the extent of
splashing, fluorescein dye was added to four hospital sinks previously involved in pathogen …

There have been an increasing number of reports implicating Gammaproteobacteria as
often carrying genes of drug resistance from colonized sink traps to vulnerable hospitalized …

Contamination of hospital sinks with microbial pathogens presents a serious potential threat
to patients, but our understanding of sink colonization dynamics is largely based on infection …