Contamination of a milk bank pasteuriser causing a Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit. Issue 5 (1st September 2003)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gras-Le Guen, C; Lepelletier, D; Debillon, T; Gournay, V; Espaze, E; Roze, J C
• Is Part Of: Archives of disease in childhood. Volume 88:Issue 5(2003)
• Page Start: F434
• Page End: F435
• Publication Date: 2003-09-01
• Subjects: nosocomial infection -- milk contamination -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Newborn infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Fetus -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.920105
• DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.5.F434
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-2998

Abstract

Abstract : An environmental investigation and a cohort study were carried out to analyse an outbreak of infection caused by a serotype O10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a neonatal intensive care unit. Thirty one cases of infection were recorded, including four lethal ones. The outbreak was stopped by eradicating the environmental sources: a contaminated milk bank pasteuriser and bottle warmer.