Emerging waterborne infections in health-care settings.

Emmerson, A. M.

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Emerging waterborne infections in health-care settings.

Published Date:

2001 Mar-Apr

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 7(2):272-276.

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Emmerson, A. M.

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Water is used in vast quantities in health-care premises. Many aquatic microorganisms can survive and flourish in water with minimal nutrients and can be transferred to vulnerable hospital patients in direct (e.g., inhalation, ingestion, surface absorption) and indirect ways (e.g., by instruments and utensils). Many outbreaks of infection or pseudoinfection occur through lack of prevention measures and ignorance of the source and transmission of opportunistic pathogens.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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