TY - JOUR
T1 - Droplet aerosol dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii surrounding ventilated patients
AU - Mousa, Madelyn
AU - Schwartz, David
AU - Carmeli, Yehuda
AU - Nutman, Amir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - We measured droplet aerosol dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) by sampling air surrounding 10 ventilated patients with CRAB isolated in sputum. Over 70 hours, we sampled 252,000 L of air; CRAB was detected in 39,600 L (16%). CRAB growth was higher during patient care, notably suctioning and sheet changing.
AB - We measured droplet aerosol dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) by sampling air surrounding 10 ventilated patients with CRAB isolated in sputum. Over 70 hours, we sampled 252,000 L of air; CRAB was detected in 39,600 L (16%). CRAB growth was higher during patient care, notably suctioning and sheet changing.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2018.335
DO - 10.1017/ice.2018.335
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C2 - 30773156
AN - SCOPUS:85061736647
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 40
SP - 365
EP - 367
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 3
ER -