Pacemaker pocket infection due to environmental mycobacteria: Successful management of an outbreak and steps for prevention in future

BACKGROUND: An outbreak of surgical site infection (SSI) due to environmental mycobacteria (EMB) occurred in a hospital in Eastern India. METHOD: A quality improvement project (QIP) was undertaken to analyze the causes and prevent further outbreak. Step (1) Proof of the need: Four patients who had u...

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Autores principales: Bharat, Vijaya, Hittinahalli, Vivek, Mishra, Meenakshi, Pradhan, Sridhar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4759492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26896269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2015.06.023

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4759492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26896269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2015.06.023

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