A ‘Tuba Drain’ incorporated in sink drains reduces counts of antibiotic-resistant bacterial species at the plughole: a blinded, randomized trial in 36 sinks in a hospital outpatient department with a low prevalence of sink colonization by antibiotic-resistant species

Multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) survive in hospital drains in traps that contain water and may ascend into the sink because of splashes, or biofilm growth. To investigate whether the ‘Tuba Drain’ (TD) a long, bent, continually descending copper tube between the sink outlet and the trap...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of hospital infection 2025-01, Vol.155, p.123-129
Hauptverfasser:	Harris, S., Njogu, G., Galbraith, R., Galbraith, J., Hastick, S., Storey, N., Chapman-Jones, D., Soothill, J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial Load Drainage, Sanitary Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria - drug effects Gram-Negative Bacteria - isolation & purification Humans Outpatient Clinics, Hospital Sink Trap Tuba Drain
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