A Guide to Investigating Suspected Outbreaks of Mucormycosis in Healthcare

This report serves as a guide for investigating mucormycosis infections in healthcare. We describe lessons learned from previous outbreaks and offer methods and tools that can aid in these investigations. We also offer suggestions for conducting environmental assessments, implementing infection cont...

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Autores principales: Hartnett, Kathleen P., Jackson, Brendan R., Perkins, Kiran M., Glowicz, Janet, Kerins, Janna L., Black, Stephanie R., Lockhart, Shawn R., Christensen, Bryan E., Beer, Karlyn D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6787571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31344775
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof5030069
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author Hartnett, Kathleen P.
Jackson, Brendan R.
Perkins, Kiran M.
Glowicz, Janet
Kerins, Janna L.
Black, Stephanie R.
Lockhart, Shawn R.
Christensen, Bryan E.
Beer, Karlyn D.
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description This report serves as a guide for investigating mucormycosis infections in healthcare. We describe lessons learned from previous outbreaks and offer methods and tools that can aid in these investigations. We also offer suggestions for conducting environmental assessments, implementing infection control measures, and initiating surveillance to ensure that interventions were effective. While not all investigations of mucormycosis infections will identify a single source, all can potentially lead to improvements in infection control.
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spelling pubmed-67875712019-10-16 A Guide to Investigating Suspected Outbreaks of Mucormycosis in Healthcare Hartnett, Kathleen P. Jackson, Brendan R. Perkins, Kiran M. Glowicz, Janet Kerins, Janna L. Black, Stephanie R. Lockhart, Shawn R. Christensen, Bryan E. Beer, Karlyn D. J Fungi (Basel) Review This report serves as a guide for investigating mucormycosis infections in healthcare. We describe lessons learned from previous outbreaks and offer methods and tools that can aid in these investigations. We also offer suggestions for conducting environmental assessments, implementing infection control measures, and initiating surveillance to ensure that interventions were effective. While not all investigations of mucormycosis infections will identify a single source, all can potentially lead to improvements in infection control. MDPI 2019-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6787571/ /pubmed/31344775 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof5030069 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Hartnett, Kathleen P.
Jackson, Brendan R.
Perkins, Kiran M.
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Kerins, Janna L.
Black, Stephanie R.
Lockhart, Shawn R.
Christensen, Bryan E.
Beer, Karlyn D.
A Guide to Investigating Suspected Outbreaks of Mucormycosis in Healthcare
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