Controlling the hospital aquatic reservoir of multidrug-resistant organisms: a cross-sectional study followed by a nested randomized trial of sink decontamination.

Gaud CathoCharlotte CaveRebecca GrantJennifer CarryYves MartinGesuele RenziAude NguyenNiccolò BuettiJacques SchrenzelStephan Harbarth

Published in: Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2024)

Our study failed to demonstrate an added benefit of repeated chemical or thermal disinfection, beyond changing sink traps, in the MDRO decontamination of sinks. Routine chlorine-based disinfection of sinks may need to be reconsidered.

Keyphrases

drinking water
multidrug resistant
gram negative
risk assessment
physical activity
drug resistant
risk factors
acinetobacter baumannii
clinical practice
escherichia coli
emergency department
klebsiella pneumoniae
acute care
pseudomonas aeruginosa
water quality
case control