Sensor-Operated Faucets: A Possible Source of Nosocomial Infection?
- 2 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 23 (1) , 44-46
- https://doi.org/10.1086/501969
Abstract
Recently, contamination of sensor-operated faucets (SOFs) withPseudomonas aeruginosawas observed. To evaluate odds ratios, we conducted a case–control study in which handle-operated faucets served as controls. No statistically significant difference inP. aeruginosacounts was observed between SOFs and regular faucets in our study (odds ratio, 0.0; 95% confidence interval, 0.0 to 39.0; two-sidedPexact = .99).Keywords
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