Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales isolated from hospital sinks: molecular relationships with isolates from patients and the change in contamination status after daily disinfection with sodium hypochlorite
Yoshiaki Shikama,
Chiemi Yokoya,
Akira Ohara
et al.
Abstract:Objective:
This study aimed to investigate the contamination status of hospital sinks with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE), the efficacy of daily cleaning with sodium hypochlorite, and the relationships between CPEs isolated from contaminated sinks and patients.
Design:
Pre/postintervention surveys of the CPE-contaminated sinks.
Setting:
Hospital wards including pediatric intensive care unit in a children’s hospital.
Participants:
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