1224. Factors Associated with Aerosolization of Gammaproteobacteria from Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Sinks in a Randomized Trial of Copper Alloy vs. Standard Chrome Sink Drains

BACKGROUND: Hospital wastewater environments are recognized as reservoirs for multi-drug-resistant bacteria, and sink drains in ICUs have been implicated in numerous outbreaks. The mechanism of pathogen transmission to patients, and the best approach to risk mitigation remains unclear. We tested a n...

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Autores principales: Volling, Cheryl, Anceva-Sami, Sofia, Boyd, David, Coleman, Brenda, Downing, Mark, Hota, Susy, Jamal, Alainna, Johnstone, Jennie, Katz, Kevin, Leis, Jerome, Li, Angel, Mahesh, Vinaya, McLeod, Chris, Muller, Matthew P, Mulvey, Michael, Nayani, Sarah, Paterson, Aimee, Pejkovska, Mare, Ricciuto, Daniel, Sultana, Asfia, Vikulova, Tamara, Zhong, Zoe, McGeer, Allison
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808758/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1087

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808758/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1087

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