Poor infection prevention and control standards are associated with environmental contamination with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales and other multidrug-resistant bacteria in Swiss companion animal clinics.
Janne S SchmidtStefan P KusterAurélien NiggValentina DazioMichael BrilhanteHelene RohrbachOdette J BernasconiThomas BüdelEdgar I Campos-MaduenoStefanie Gobeli BrawandSimone SchullerAndrea EndimianiVincent PerretenBarbara WilliPublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2020)
The study indicates that IPC standards in companion animal clinics are variable and that insufficient IPC standards could contribute to the evolution of MDROs which can be transferred between the environment and working personnel. The implementation of IPC concepts in companion animal clinics should urgently be promoted.