Suction Regulators: A potential vector for hospital-acquired pathogens

Keith S. Kaye; Dror Marchaim; Chester Smialowicz; Lauren Bentley

doi:10.1086/653820

Suction Regulators: A potential vector for hospital-acquired pathogens

Keith S. Kaye, Dror Marchaim, Chester Smialowicz, Lauren Bentley

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The role of suction regulators in nosocomial infections has, to our knowledge, not been studied. A sampling of devices used in hospitals was conducted. Many regulators (173 [37%] of 470) were found to be colonized. A suction circuit model revealed that pathogens can disseminate throughout the circuit (retrograde and antegrade), colonizing an experimental patient stomach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	772-774
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	31
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/653820
State	Published - Jul 2010
Externally published	Yes

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