Sink traps are one of the most common points of plumbing failure in homes. Sometimes they develop leaks or become clogged. Changing or repairing a leaking trap, or removing and cleaning a plugged one, ...

P-trap pipes are available in different materials, but the assemblies are similar. Your P-trap can be polypropylene (white or ...

During a nationwide outbreak of healthcare-associated infections of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an Israeli hospital traced repeated infections of patients in its intensive care unit (ICU) to an ...

Sink traps may pose as hidden reservoirs for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study published Oct. 4 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. For the study, researchers conducted a ...

NEW YORK (October 5, 2018) -- During a nationwide outbreak of healthcare-associated infections of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an Israeli hospital traced repeated infections of patients in its ...

For years, researchers have tracked the source of hospital outbreaks back to superbug-splashing sinks. For instance, researchers found that an outbreak in a Canadian hospital that spanned the years ...

'Patients in a Canadian hospital have been caught stealing P-traps from the sinks and melting them down to sell them as scrap copper. Experts recommend inoculating the P-traps with glow-in-the-dark ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers in Israel said they contained a prolonged outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, or ...