Contamination of a milk bank pasteuriser causing a Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit
- 1Département de périnatologie, Hôpital Mère-Enfant, CHU Nantes, France
- 2Unité Opérationnelle d’Hygiène hospitalière, CHU Nantes
- 3Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU Nantes
- Correspondence to:
Dr Roze, Service de réanimation pédiatrique et néonatale, Hôpital Mère Enfant, 9 quai Moncousu, 44099 Nantes Cedex, France;
jeanchristophe.roze{at}chu-nantes.fr
- Accepted 30 October 2002
Abstract
An environmental investigation and a cohort study were carried out to analyse an outbreak of infection caused by a serotype O10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a neonatal intensive care unit. Thirty one cases of infection were recorded, including four lethal ones. The outbreak was stopped by eradicating the environmental sources: a contaminated milk bank pasteuriser and bottle warmer.
