| Title |
Hospital Water and Opportunities for Infection Prevention
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Current Infectious Disease Reports, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11908-014-0432-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brooke K. Decker, Tara N. Palmore |
| Abstract |
Nosocomial waterborne pathogens may reach patients through several modes of transmission. Colonization of healthcare facility waterworks can occur in the proximal infrastructure, in the distal water outlets, or both. Infections with waterborne organisms such as Legionella, mycobacteria, Pseudomonas, and others cause significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Hospitals should have prospective water safety plans that include preventive measures, as prevention is preferable to remediation of contaminated hospital water distribution systems. Whole-genome sequencing may provide more informative epidemiologic data to link patient infections with hospital water isolates. |
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| United States | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
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| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 89 | 99% |
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| Researcher | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 20 | 22% |
| Unknown | 26 | 29% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 9% |
| Engineering | 8 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 11 | 12% |
| Unknown | 31 | 34% |
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