Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Ventriculitis Among Patients in a Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology2000Vol. 21(3), pp. 204–208
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William E. Trick, Clare M. Kioski, Kathleen M. Howard, Gary D. Cage, Jerome I. Tokars, Bertina M. Yen, William R. Jarvis
Abstract
These data suggest that a single healthcare worker may have contaminated EVC insertion sites, resulting in an outbreak of P aeruginosa ventriculitis. Affected patients were unlikely to have had an occlusive dressing at the EVC insertion site. Application of a sterile occlusive dressing may decrease the risk of ventriculitis in patients with EVCs.
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