Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Volume 45, Issue 11, Pages 1273-1275Publisher
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.05.007
Keywords
Nosocomial; Water-borne infection; Water-related device; Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli
Funding
- National Institutes of Health [R01AI100560, R01AI063517, R01AI072219]
- Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs from the Biomedical Laboratory Research & Development Service of the VA Office of Research and Development [1I01BX001974]
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center [VISN 10]
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During an investigation of potential sources of transmission of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli on a spinal cord injury unit, we recovered genetically related carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the stool of 3 patients, the hands of a nurse, and an ice machine water outlet spout and drain. Our findings suggest that contaminated ice machines could serve as a potential reservoir for dissemination of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli. (C) 2017 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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