AN OUTBREAK OF SERRATIA-MARCESCENS INFECTIONS RELATED TO CONTAMINATEDCHLORHEXIDINE

Authors
VIGEANT P LOO VG BERTRAND C DIXON C HOLLIS R PFALLER MA MCLEAN APH BRIEDIS DJ PERL TM ROBSON HG
Citation
P. Vigeant et al., AN OUTBREAK OF SERRATIA-MARCESCENS INFECTIONS RELATED TO CONTAMINATEDCHLORHEXIDINE, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 19(10), 1998, pp. 791-794
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
19
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
791 - 794
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1998)19:10<791:AOOSIR>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
An outbreak of Serratia marcescens infections occurred in a university tertiary-care hospital. Alcohol-free chlorhexidine solutions were con taminated with S marcescens. The majority of patient and chlorhexidine strains bad similar pulsed field-gel electrophoresis banding patterns . Chlorhexidine was recalled, and the rate of S marcescens isolation r eturned to baseline. Chlorhexidine without alcohol should not be used as an antiseptic (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998;19:791-794).