Droplet-rather than aerosol-mediated dispersion is the primary mechanism of bacterial transmission from contaminated hand-washing sink traps

SM Kotay, RM Donlan, C Ganim, K Barry… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
An alarming rise in hospital outbreaks implicating hand-washing sinks has led to widespread
acknowledgment that sinks are a major reservoir of antibiotic-resistant pathogens in patient …

[HTML][HTML] A microbiological survey of handwashing sinks in the hospital built environment reveals differences in patient room and healthcare personnel sinks

LC Franco, W Tanner, C Ganim, T Davy, J Edwards… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Handwashing sinks and their associated premise plumbing are an ideal environment for
pathogen-harboring biofilms to grow and spread throughout facilities due to the connected …

Identification, characterization, and expression of a unique secretory lipase from the human pathogen Leishmania donovani

…, MB Joshi, M Stromberg, L Bowers, C Ganim… - Molecular and cellular …, 2010 - Springer
Lipases have been implicated to be of importance in the life cycle development, virulence,
and transmission of a variety of parasitic organisms. Potential functions include the acquisition …

Colonization of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a sink-drain model biofilm system

M Burgos-Garay, C Ganim, TJB de Man… - Infection Control & …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Background:Sink drains in healthcare facilities may provide an environment for antimicrobial-resistant
microorganisms, including carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (…

[PDF][PDF] Characterization of LdLip3 enzyme activity from Leishmania donovani

C Ganim, J Barowski, A Shakarian - J. Young Investig, 2011 - Citeseer
Lipases catalyze the hydrolysis of fats to form glycerol and fatty acids. Secreted lipases have
been implicated as virulence factors in some pathogens. Previously a gene encoding a …

A Survey of Antibiotic-Resistant Microorganisms in Hospital Sink Drains

L Franco, C Ganim, W Tanner - Infection Control & Hospital …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Background: Handwashing sinks in healthcare environments are reservoirs for healthcare
pathogens and antibiotic-resistant microorganisms (ARO). We investigated the distribution of …

Establishment of a Sink Gallery to Investigate Growth of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Biofilms in P-Traps

C Ganim, M Mazher, E Breaker - Infection Control & Hospital …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Background: Hand-hygiene sink drains in healthcare facilities may provide an environment
for the survival and dissemination of various multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), …

Colonization of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a sink-drain model biofilm system.

RM Donlan, M Burgos-Garay, C Ganim, TJB de Man… - 2021 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Background: Sink drains in healthcare facilities may provide an environment for
antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms, including carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae …

Predictive factors for patients' failure to show for initial outpatient physical therapist evaluation

…, C Ulses, L VanEtten, C Mansfield, A Ganim… - Physical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective The objective of this study was to examine primary factors that may predict patients’
failure to show at initial physical therapist evaluation in an orthopedic and sports outpatient …

Build Your Own Body Mod: Empowerment through Prototyping and Design

A Arreola, KR Ganim - Journal of Science Education for Students …, 2021 - repository.rit.edu
… Special thanks to Christine Ganim and Dara Rochlin for editing this article to make this
publication possible, and to Born Just Right’s Board of Directors for its tireless support. …