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Does marking as sterile mean really sterile? Stenotrophomonas maltophilia outbreak caused by a blood-gas injector containing liquid heparin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2023

Gülçin Telli Dizman ,
Gökhan Metan Open the ORCID record for Gökhan Metan [Opens in a new window] ,
Gizem Karahan Open the ORCID record for Gizem Karahan [Opens in a new window] ,
Elif Seren Tanrıverdi Open the ORCID record for Elif Seren Tanrıverdi [Opens in a new window] ,
Gülşen Hazırolan ,
Barış Otlu ,
Meliha Çağla Sönmezer ,
Nur Dilek Gül ,
Burcu Çınar  and
Serhat Ünal
Gülçin Telli Dizman*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Infection Control Committee, Hospitals of Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Gökhan Metan
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Infection Control Committee, Hospitals of Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Gizem Karahan
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Elif Seren Tanrıverdi
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey
Gülşen Hazırolan
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey
Barış Otlu
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey
Meliha Çağla Sönmezer
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Nur Dilek Gül
Affiliation:
Infection Control Committee, Hospitals of Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Burcu Çınar
Affiliation:
Infection Control Committee, Hospitals of Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Serhat Ünal
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Infection Control Committee, Hospitals of Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
*
Author for correspondence: Gülçin Telli Dizman. E-mail: gulcintelli@hotmail.com
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Abstract

An outbreak investigation was initiated after detecting an increase in the number of patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bloodstream infections (SM-BSIs) througout the hospital. S. maltophilia was isolated from the cultures of blood-gas ınjectors containing liquid heparin. The incidence density of SM-BSIs decreased significantly after prohibiting the use of those injectors.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 10 , October 2023 , pp. 1683 - 1685
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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