Room-return ventilation and N95 respirator policies for reducing airborne pathogen exposure on hospital wards

C. Zachreson*, X. Li, K. Kevin, R. Schofield, C. Marshall, M. Kainer, K. Buising, J. Monty, S. Sullivan, K. Subbarao, N. Geard
*The University of Melbourne, Australia

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 135-145

Assessment of the role of handwash basins in the airborne transmission of multi-drug-resistant organisms in clinical and non-clinical settings

Sudheer Salana*, A. Shirkhani, B. Shukla, T.B.D. Ferreira, Chang-Yu Wu, A. Jimenez
*University of Miami, USA

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 161-169

Nationwide survey on nosocomial transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus in patients with tracheostomies in Japan

Kosaku Komiya*, Mitsunori Yoshida, Mari Yamasue, Izumi Yamatani, Akihiko Hagiwara, Ryohei Kudoh, Kiyoshi Takemoto, Kazuya Goto, Jun Noda, Katsunori Yanagihara, Kazuhiro Tateda, Manabu Ato, Jun-ichi Kadota, Satoshi Mitarai
*Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Japan

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 185-193

What is the source event of infectious respiratory particles release during bronchoscopy: a prospective environmental study

C.Y. Zhou*, W.Q. Hu, J.Y. Li, L. Lou, H.L. Xu, Q. Gu
*Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 194-202

Analysis of positive surveillance cultures of flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes: a 6-year study in a tertiary medical centre in Taiwan

S-H. Wang*, M-Y. Wu, H-S. Hsu, M-H. Liang, C-S. Chung, C-H. Liao
*Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 203-210

Manual brushing in endoscope reprocessing: how brush design impacts endoscope cleaning efficacy

I. Beaugelin*, L. Pineau
*Eurofins Biotech Germande, France

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 211-218

Hypochlorous acid demonstrates antibiofilm activity with preserved cellular morphology in an in-vitro comparison with ciprofloxacin and ethanol

N. Daştan*, S. Sakarya
*İzmir Buca Seyfi Demirsoy Training and Research Hospital, Turkey

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 239-245

Development and validation of nomograms for personalized risk assessment of ICU-acquired carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales

J-H. Tai*, Y-S. Zhang, Y-Y. Lyu, W. Tang, X-P. Zhou, J-L. Yan, W-W. Chu, X-Y. Yang, M. Yang, Q. Zhou, Y-L. Wu
*Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, China

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 274-286

Establishment of a standardized phase 2/step 2 method for virucidal surface disinfection: results of an interlaboratory ring trial (4-field test)

K-M. Roesch*, M. Eggers, N. Bonner, F.H.H. Brill, M. Cavalleri, J. Gebel, B. Großjohann, K. Konrat, C.S. Lee, S. Loeffert, N.T. Mutters, D. Paulmann, F-A. Pitten, C. Rubrecht, I. Schwebke, K. Steinhauer, C. Hildebrandt
*University Bonn, Germany

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 301-311

Hospital-wide outbreak of OXA-181-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST16 in Korea: an epidemiological and genomic investigation

S. Jo*, S.H. Park, J.O. Kim, J.S. Lee, H. Lee, J. Lee, J-H. Choi
*The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 312-323