A polymicrobial outbreak of surgical site infections following cardiac surgery at a community hospital in Florida, 2011–2012

Nguyen, Duc B.; Gupta, Neil; Abou-Daoud, Alison; KleKamp, Benjamin G.; Rhone, Chaz; Winston, Tiffany; Hedberg, Trevor; Scuteri, Ana; Evans, Charlotte; Jensen, Bette; Moulton-Meissner, Heather; Török, Thomas; Berríos-Torres, Sandra I.; Noble-Wang, Judith; Kallen, Alexander

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2013.11.021

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A polymicrobial outbreak of surgical site infections following cardiac surgery at a community hospital in Florida, 2011–2012

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Apr 2014
By Nguyen, Duc B. ; Gupta, Neil ; Abou-Daoud, Alison ; ...

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Am J Infect Control
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Nguyen, Duc B. ; Gupta, Neil ; Abou-Daoud, Alison ; KleKamp, Benjamin G. ; Rhone, Chaz ; Winston, Tiffany ; Hedberg, Trevor ; Scuteri, Ana ; Evans, Charlotte ; Jensen, Bette ; Moulton-Meissner, Heather ; Török, Thomas ; Berríos-Torres, Sandra I. ; Noble-Wang, Judith ; Kallen, Alexander
Description:

We describe an outbreak of 22 sternal surgical site infections following cardiac surgery, including 4 Gordonia infections. Possible operation room environmental contamination and suboptimal infection control practices regarding scrub attire may have contributed to the outbreak.
Subjects:

Aged Article Bacteria Coinfection Disease Outbreaks Environmental Contamination Female Florida Gordonia Hospitals, Community Humans Infection Control Male Middle Aged Surgical Wound Infection Thoracic Surgery
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Am J Infect Control. 42(4):432-435.
Pubmed ID:

24679572
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4620549
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Journal Article
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CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Volume:

42
Issue:

4
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CDC Public Access
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