Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a haematology-oncology unit associated with contaminated surface cleaning equipment

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-98

  Engelhart, Steffen T ^a   Krizek, L ^a   Glasmacher, A ^a   Fischnaller, E ^a   Marklein, G ^a   Exner, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cleaning equipment; Hospital acquired infection surveillance; Outbreak; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sanitary equipment

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; GERMANY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SANITATION;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SANITATION;

EID: 0036779614     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1279     Document Type: Article

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