Reduced rate of intensive care unit acquired gram-negative bacilli after removal of sinks and introduction of ‘water-free’ patient care

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[10] Woods C(1979)Airway colonization by Flavobacterium in an intensive care unit J Clin Microbiol 10 155-160

[1] Cavalcanti AB(2016)Effect of a quality improvement intervention with daily round checklists, goal setting, and clinician prompting on mortality of critically ill patients: a randomized clinical trial JAMA 315 1480-1490

[2] Boyce JM(2007)Environmental contamination makes an important contribution to hospital infection J Hosp Infect 65 50-54

[3] Carling PC(2010)Improving environmental hygiene in 27 intensive care units to decrease multidrug-resistant bacterial transmission Crit Care Med 38 1054-1059

[4] Parry MF(2008)Intensive care unit environmental cleaning: an evaluation in sixteen hospitals using a novel assessment tool J Hosp Infect 68 39-44

[5] Bruno-Murtha LA(2009)The role of environmental cleaning in the control of hospital-acquired infection J Hosp Infect 73 378-385

[6] Dick B(2012)Infection control practices in facilities for highly infectious diseases across Europe J Hosp Infect 81 184-191

[7] Carling PC(2014)Controlling hospital-acquired infection: focus on the role of the environment and new technologies for decontamination Clin Microbiol Rev 27 665-690

[8] Von Beheren S(2006)A decade of adult intensive care unit design: a study of the physical design features of the best-practice examples Crit Care Nurs Q 29 282-311

[9] Kim P(1974)Pseudomonas aeruginosa in hospital sinks Lancet 2 578-581

[10] Woods C(1979)Airway colonization by Flavobacterium in an intensive care unit J Clin Microbiol 10 155-160