Outbreak and control of Achromobacter denitrificans at an academic hospital in Pretoria, South Africa.
Mohamed SaidBarend MittonLebogang Busisiwe SkosanaKatlego KopotsaRashmika NaidooVictoria AmutenyaPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)
Contaminated chlorhexidine-and-water solutions prepared at the hospital pharmacy was determined to be the source of the outbreak. Once this item was removed from the hospital, the laboratory did not culture any further A. denitrificans isolates from patient specimens.