Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing VIM carbapenemase in an intensive care unit and its termination by implementation of waterless patient care.
Gaud CathoR MartischangF BoroliM N ChraïtiY MartinZ Koyluk TomsukG RenziJ SchrenzelJ PuginP NordmannD S BlancS HarbarthPublished in: Critical care (London, England) (2021)
Implementation of waterless patient care with removal of the sinks in patient rooms was successful for termination of a PA-VIM ICU outbreak linked to multiple environmental water sources. WGS provides highly discriminatory accuracy to investigate environment-related outbreaks.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- primary care
- acinetobacter baumannii
- healthcare
- mechanical ventilation
- quality improvement
- cystic fibrosis
- case report
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- biofilm formation
- gram negative
- human health
- escherichia coli
- drug resistant
- infectious diseases
- climate change
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- candida albicans