What grows in the sink splash zone

M.I. Garvey*, R.A. Moran, M.A.C. Wilkinson, A.D.S. Ferreira, A. Gardiner, E. Holden, A. McNally
*University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 173, 220-224

Comparison of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a neonatal intensive care unit between pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic periods, following the introduction of strengthened infection control measures: a retrospective study

H. Takahashi*, K. Taku, K. Mizuki, T. Hoshina
*University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 173, 250-257

Antimicrobial persistence for 10 days after antiseptic skin preparation in healthy volunteers

T. Hanson*, T. Nordby, D. Morse, A. Hollingsworth, M. Bashir
*MedSurg Division, Solventum US LLC, USA

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 173, 267-271

A systematic review and meta-analysis of outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units

E.S. Donkor*, A.A. Asantewaa, A. Odoom, J.A. Dame
*University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 172, 188-209

Admission status is not destiny: serial surveillance reveals ecologic and in-hospital drivers of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales colonization in critical care

B. de Almeida Lessa Castro*, C.L. Pereira Alves Madeira Bezerra, E. Lino dos Santos Júnior, M.P. Freire, A.S. Levin, A.P. Cury, F. Rossi, S. Bollinger, F.C. Lessa, G. Mahon, M. Westercamp, M.C. Salomão, on Behalf of ICTeam
*Universidade de São Paulo,  Brazil

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 172, 102-109

Candida parapsilosis dominates the surface-colonizing yeast community in the hospital environment
as revealed by a combined culture and environmental DNA approach

L. García-Gutiérrez*, A.C. Ruiz-Gaitán, M. Ruiz, S. Hernández Egido, P.M. Martin-Sanchez
*Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 172, 110-114

Molecular ambiguities in hospital surveillance: Hyphopichia burtonii mislabelled as Candida auris by polymerase chain reaction and selective media

R.L. de Lima Bastos*, P.O. Barth, A.L. Barth, M.P. Mott, K.A. Bar, G.F. de Brum, B.S. Vizzotto
*Universidade Franciscana - UFN, Brazil

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 172, 129-133

Surface sampling pre- and post-decontamination in UK hospital rooms occupied by a 2021 household cluster of clade IIb mpox cases

S. Gould*, B. Atkinson, O. Onianwa, A. Spencer, J. Furneaux, M-C. Hoyle, A. Bennett, H. Adler, T. Wingfield, S. Marshall, W. Wong, D. Porter, M. Beadsworth, J. Dunning, T.E. Fletcher, NHS England HCID Airborne Network
*Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 172, 134-142

Manual environmental disinfection with hydrogen peroxide and silver ions versus sodium hypochlorite in operating rooms: a multi-centre randomized trial on residual antimicrobial efficacy

S.A. Hosseini*, F. Amiri, S. Hanani, N. Rashidi, N. Azadi
*Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 172, 150-156

How many infection control staff members are needed in acute care hospitals? A Delphi approach

M. Mulder* , M. Sarink, G. Stoffer, M. Mes, E. van Oorschot, L. van Dommelen, A. Voss, J.A. Severin, K.E. Veldkamp, R. van Mansfeld
*Maastricht UMC+, The Netherlands

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 172, 157-163