(1) Urgent action is also required to improve conditions which are beyond the control of staff, such as buildings in need of repair, lack of space and the installation of washbasins, toilets, etc.
(2) We do not have a bar of soap or a washbasin to wash our hands.
(3) 'She was hanging over the washbasin being sick, then she said she couldn't see and collapsed.
(4) Sixty percent of responding ICU had fewer than one washbasin per bedspace.
(5) The survival of herpes simplex virus type 1 in tissue culture fluid on doorknobs and washbasin tap handles over a 2 h period was investigated.
(6) The transmission of any P. aeruginosa organism from washbasin drain to patient could not be documented.
(7) On only three occasions was the epidemic strain isolated from both the patient and his or her washbasin, but in each case the colonization of the patient preceded the isolation of the strain from the washbasin.
(8) That John Lennon drove me potty because he wanted a dressing room with a washbasin.
(9) No bath, no washbasin – personal hygiene took place in the kitchen sink or the weekly visit to the public baths.
(10) Acanthamoebae were also found in dust from around one washbasin.
(11) Many of the methods of disinfection were found to be inadequate, especially as regarded washbasins, face flannels, ultrasound inhalers, respirators and other apparatus.
(12) It turned out there were cameras in both boys' and girls' toilets: Ash Manor's head, West says, explained that they had been put there as part of a drive against bullying, smoking and graffiti, and assured him that they were only focused on nearby washbasins.
(13) In a prospective study of the acquisition of P. aeruginosa by hematology-oncology patients, 1,149 specimens (throat and rectal swabs) from 270 patients and 201 specimens from their washbasin drains were collected.
Washstand
Definition:
(n.) A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.
Example Sentences:
(1) A housewife hanged herself with her left foot on a washstand and her right foot above the floor.