An Outbreak of at a Quaternary Children's Hospital Linked to Equipment Reprocessing

Overview

Journal Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Specialties Health Services
Infectious Diseases
Nursing
Public Health

Date 2022 Sep 14

PMID 36102334

Authors

Zheyi Teoh

Andrea L Ankrum

Jareen Meinzen-Derr

MaryAnn Weingartner

Mary Jo Goebel

Felicia Scaggs Huang

Joshua K Schaffzin

Affiliations

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Abstract

complex (BCC) has been increasingly implicated in local and multistate outbreaks in both adult and pediatric healthcare settings. However, a lack of source identification may be common for BCC outbreak investigations. We describe, in detail, the investigation of an outbreak of BCC () among pediatric patients at a large quaternary-care children's hospital and our system-level changes and outcomes.

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