{"id":12579,"date":"2019-02-05T09:41:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T14:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12579"},"modified":"2019-02-05T09:41:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T14:41:21","slug":"drug-resistant-bacteria-may-thrive-in-certain-hospital-sink-drains-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12579","title":{"rendered":"Drug-resistant bacteria may thrive in certain hospital sink drains, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Mackenzie Bean for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Hospital sinks stationed near toilets in patient rooms may act as reservoirs for\u00a0<em>Klebsiella pneumoniae<\/em>carbapenemase-producing bacteria, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajicjournal.org\/article\/S0196-6553(18)30739-9\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<\/a>\u00a0published in the\u00a0<em>American Journal of Infection Control.\u00a0 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/quality\/drug-resistant-bacteria-may-thrive-in-certain-hospital-sink-drains-study-finds.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8434\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-130x90.jpg 130w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Hospital sinks stationed near toilets in patient rooms may act as reservoirs for\u00a0Klebsiella<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12580,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12579\/revisions\/12580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}