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Investigation of an Outbreak of Central Venous Catheter–Associated Bloodstream Infection Due to Contaminated Water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Richard W. Douce ,
Jeannete Zurita ,
Olga Sanchez  and
Paul Cardenas Aldaz
Richard W. Douce*
Affiliation:
Departments of Infectious Diseases, Quito, Ecuador
Jeannete Zurita
Affiliation:
Microbiology, Quito, Ecuador
Olga Sanchez
Affiliation:
Infection Control Committee, Quito, Ecuador
Paul Cardenas Aldaz
Affiliation:
Hospital Vozandes-Quito, and the Institute of Microbiology, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
*
Casilla 17-17-691, Quito, Ecuador (rdouce@hcjb.org.ec)
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Abstract

An outbreak of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections was reported in a hospital in Ecuador. Commercially produced ampoules of water for injection were found to be contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia and Myroides odoratus. Removal of these ampoules yielded a 10-fold reduction in the incidence of catheter-associated infection.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , April 2008 , pp. 364 - 366
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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