Serratia marcescens outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit associated with contaminated handwashing sinks
Contaminated handwashing sinks can be a communication intermediary of S. marcescens infection or colonization of neonates in the NICU. A distance of <0.8 m between the bed unit and the sink, and a large number of rotating nurses might play important roles in this outbreak. Attention should be paid to sinks contamination and contact transmission to prevent outbreaks.
Authors
- Qiaozhi Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6818-7495)
- Jingxiang Ma
- Danyang Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1332-6101)
- Fei Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0719-2431)
- Huayan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0843-8448)
- Sufei Zhu
- Wei Jia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3739-8994)
- Lijuan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5984-1603)
- Xiaopeng Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1794-2590)
- Huimin Sun
- Yi Zhou
- Li Sun
- Wei Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2125-7908)
Institutions
- Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center (CN)
- Guangdong Province Women and Children Hospital (CN)
- Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmmb.2024.100741
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.47
Funders
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Bureau of Guangdong Province
- Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project