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A bronchoscopy-associated pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium chelonae and Mycobacterium mucogenicum associated with contaminated ice machine water and ice.
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Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2023 Dec; Vol. 44 (12), pp. 2056-2058. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 05. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- A pseudo-outbreak of bronchoscopy-associated Mycobacterium chelonae and M. mucogenicum was traced to contaminated ice machine water and ice. A nonsterile ice bath was used to cool uncapped, sterile, saline syringes used to slow procedural bleeding. Joining the growing evidence of bronchoscopy pseudo-outbreaks, our investigation describes several lessons for future prevention.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1559-6834
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37272469
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.101