Bad design, bad practices, bad bugs: Frustrations in controlling an outbreak of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in intensive care units

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-140

  Balm, M N D ^a   Salmon, S ^a   Jureen, R ^a   Teo, C ^a   Mahdi, R ^a   Seetoh, T ^b   Teo, J T W ^a   Lin, R T P ^a   Fisher, D A ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Ministry of Health Holdings   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Gram negative non fermenter; Intensive care outbreak; Tap contamination

Indexed keywords

AERATOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODILY SECRETIONS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA; ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOLECULAR TYPING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING;

ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA; GRAM-NEGATIVE NON-FERMENTER; INTENSIVE CARE OUTBREAK; TAP CONTAMINATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATIENTS' ROOMS;

EID: 84884205075     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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