Outbreak of drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ST219 caused by oral care using tap water from contaminated hand hygiene sinks as a reservoir

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• 作者：Kazuo Umezawa ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^{ume-md65@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Satomi Asai ; MD ; PhD^b ; Toshio Ohshima ; BhSc^c ; Hideo Iwashita ; DDS^b ; Maya Ohashi ; BhSc^d ; Mika Sasaki ; BhSc^d ; Akihiro Kaneko ; DDS ; PhD^e ; Sadaki Inokuchi ; MD ; PhD^a ; Hayato Miyachi ; MD ; PhD^b
• 关键词：Drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ST219 ; Hand hygiene sink ; Intensive care unit ; Oral care ; Outbreak ; Tap water
• 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：1 November 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：43
• 期：11
• 页码：1249-1251
• 全文大小：532 K

文摘

An outbreak of amikacin- and ciprofloxacin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ST219 in Tokai University hospital's emergency intensive care unit was caused by its colonization in water systems and subsequent spread through oral care using tap water. The outbreak was successfully controlled after replacement of the water system and implementation as of daily cleaning of water taps and oral care with a dry method. It is important to strictly manage the water system in critical care areas.