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One approach to tackling the AMR menace could involve expanding the range of AMR surveillance domains to include hospital wastewater (HWW), a domain that has largely been overlooked by researchers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To evaluate the occurrence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in hospital wastewater of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methodology:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a longitudinal study involving 288 HWW samples consecutively collected across 12\u2009weeks from the pool of wastewater emanating from 2 critical care units of KBTH\u2014The Child Health Unit and the Maternity Unit\u2014on Mondays and Thursdays, each week. The samples were cultured for bacteria, which were identified using the Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption\/Ionization-Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) technique and subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing via the Kirby-Bauer method.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In total, 294 bacteria of 23 different types, all being Gram-negative, were isolated from the 288 samples. The predominant ones were Escherichia coli (30.6%, n\u2009=\u200990), Klebsiella pneumoniae (11.2%, n\u2009=\u200933), Citrobacter freundii (10.9%, n\u2009=\u200932), Alcaligenes faecalis (5.8%, n\u2009=\u200917), and Pseudomonas mendocina (5.4%, n\u2009=\u200916). The prevalence of multidrug resistance among the isolates was 55.4% (n\u2009=\u2009163). Moreover, the prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producers was 15.6% (n\u2009=\u200946). E. coli accounted for the most ESBL-producing organisms (28.9%, n\u2009=\u200926).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The wastewater generated by the Maternity and Child Health Units of KBTH harbored a wide range of multidrug resistant bacteria, with a good proportion of these being ESBL producers, and the predominant one being E. coli. 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