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Source Control of Gram-Negative Bacteria Using Self-Disinfecting Sinks in a Swedish Burn Centre
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- Gideskog, Maria (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Institutionen för biomedicinska och kliniska vetenskaper,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Enheten för smittskydd och vårdhygien
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- Falkeborn, Tina (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för molekylär medicin och virologi,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Klinisk mikrobiologi
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- Welander, Jenny (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för inflammation och infektion,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Klinisk mikrobiologi
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- Melhus, Åsa (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Klinisk mikrobiologi,Uppsala Univ, Sweden
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- MDPI, 2023
- 2023
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Microorganisms. - : MDPI. - 2076-2607. ; 11:4
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Abstract
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- Several retrospective studies have identified hospital sinks as reservoirs of Gram-negative bacteria. The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate the bacterial transmission from sinks to patients and if self-disinfecting sinks could reduce this risk. Samples were collected weekly from sinks (self-disinfecting, treated with boiling water, not treated) and patients in the Burn Centre at Linkoping University Hospital, Sweden. The antibiotic susceptibility of Gram-negative isolates was tested, and eight randomly chosen patient isolates and their connected sink isolates were subjected to whole genome sequencing (WGS). Of 489 sink samples, 232 (47%) showed growth. The most frequent findings were Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n = 130), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 128), and Acinetobacter spp. (n = 55). Bacterial growth was observed in 20% of the samplings from the self-disinfecting sinks and in 57% from the sinks treated with boiling water (p = 0.0029). WGS recognized one transmission of Escherichia coli sampled from an untreated sink to a patient admitted to the same room. In conclusion, the results showed that sinks can serve as reservoirs of Gram-negative bacteria and that self-disinfecting sinks can reduce the transmission risk. Installing self-disinfecting sinks in intensive care units is an important measure in preventing nosocomial infection among critically ill patients.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Infektionsmedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Infectious Medicine (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Anestesi och intensivvård (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Mikrobiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Microbiology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- sink
- water trap
- bacterial transmission
- self-disinfecting sink
- infection control
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
- Acinetobacter
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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