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Air Contamination around Patients Colonized with Multidrug-Resistant Organisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marie Charlotte Bernard ,
Philippe Lanotte ,
Christine Lawrence ,
Alain Goudeau  and
Louis Bernard
Marie Charlotte Bernard
Affiliation:
INSERM U618, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
Philippe Lanotte
Affiliation:
CHRU de Tours, Service de Bactériologie et Virologie, Tours, France
Christine Lawrence
Affiliation:
AP-HP, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France
Alain Goudeau
Affiliation:
CHRU de Tours, Service de Bactériologie et Virologie, Tours, France
Louis Bernard*
Affiliation:
INSERM U618, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France CHRU de Tours, Service de Maladies Infectieuses, Tours, France
*
CHRU de Tours, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, F-37044 Tours, France (l.bernard@chu-tours.fr)
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Abstract

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Care-related infections are a major public health concern. Their transmission can be associated with environmental factors. This study looks at air contamination around 45 patients colonized with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). We found that 30 hospital rooms (67%) were contaminated with MDRO species and 10 rooms (22%) were contaminated with at least 1 MDRO.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 9 , September 2012 , pp. 949 - 951
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012 

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