From February 2022 to February 2023, they collected (using cotton swabs) and genetically sequenced bacterial samples from six ...

A recent study led by Dr. Margarita Gomila from the University of the Balearic Islands found that hospital sink drains may be ...

A third said, "Straddling a toilet backwards to wash my face would make me cry every day." A fourth added, "The only time I have seen a toilet sink combo like that was when I was in jail." ...

"Here we show that hospital sink drains host bacterial populations that change over time, despite impeccable cleaning protocols in the particular hospital we looked at," said Dr. Margarita Gomila ...

Researchers from Spain sampled sink drains from different wards in a single modern university hospital where state-of-the-art cleaning protocols are adhered to. Through culturing and DNA barcoding, ...

"Here we show that hospital sink drains host bacterial populations that change over time, despite impeccable cleaning protocols in the particular hospital we looked at," said Dr. Margarita Gomila ...