Outbreak investigations of contact patients and the hospital environment after detection of carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa on general hospital wards
Environmental screening should be part of outbreak investigations for CPPA, as it identifies sources which enables timely installation of targeted IPC measures. Identification of index-to-contact patient transmission was rare in our setting, thus implying reconsideration of the definition of contact patients at high risk is needed.
Authors
- Martine De Vos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0496-7038)
- Juliëtte A. Severin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5222-3017)
- Anne F. Voor in ’t holt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3560-1725)
- Corné H. W. Klaassen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3439-0903)
- Inge de Goeij
- Andrea Büchler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4872-0376)
Institutions
- Erasmus MC (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Hospital Infection
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2025.02.009
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.59
Funders
- Universität Basel