Outbreak investigation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in a neonatal intensive care unit
| dc.contributor.author | Weng, Mark K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brooks, Richard B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Glowicz, Janet | |
| dc.contributor.author | Keckler, M. Shannon | |
| dc.contributor.author | Christensen, Bryan E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tsai, Victoria | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Clifford S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wilson, Lucy E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Laxton, Ron | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moulton-Meissner, Heather | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fagan, Ryan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-01T21:54:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-01T21:54:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-08-22 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak was investigated in a neonatal intensive care unit that had experienced a prior similar outbreak. The 8 cases identified included 2 deaths. An investigation found the cause of the outbreak: tap water from contaminated hospital plumbing which was used for humidifier reservoirs, neonatal bathing, and nutritional preparation. Our findings reinforce a recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services memo recommending increased attention to water management to improve awareness, identification, mitigation, and prevention of water-associated, health care–associated infections. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196655319301580 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 3 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2rono-l39s | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Weng, Mark K., Richard B. Brooks, Janet Glowicz, M. Shannon Keckler, Bryan E. Christensen, Victoria Tsai, Clifford S. Mitchell, et al. “Outbreak Investigation of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.” American Journal of Infection Control 47, no. 9 (September 1, 2019): 1148–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.03.009. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.03.009 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/29015 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Emergency Health Services Department Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | A. All Hilltop Institute (UMBC) Works | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC School of Public Policy | |
| dc.rights | This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ | * |
| dc.title | Outbreak investigation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in a neonatal intensive care unit | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |