Bacterial contamination of mobile handwashing stations in hospital settings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
More than one third of in-use mobile handwash stations in healthcare facilities in a low resource setting were highly contaminated with clinically relevant bacteria, part of which were multidrug resistant. The findings urge a rethink of the place of mobile handwash stations in healthcare facilities and to consider measures to prevent their contamination.
Authors
- Anne‐Sophie Heroes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3930-3100)
- Octavie Lunguya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8820-3843)
- Jan Jacobs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8657-6777)
- Jacques Muzinga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4483-116X)
- Philip Hyland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9574-7128)
- Jocelyne Kalema
- Immaculée Kahindo
Institutions
- University of Lubumbashi (CD)
- University of Kinshasa (CD)
- National Institute of Biomedical Research (CD)
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01506-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.17
Funders
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde