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Frequency of Contamination of Single-Patient-Use Nebulizers Over Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

David J. Weber ,
Maria F. Gergen ,
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett ,
Kathleen A. Short ,
Kendra E. Lanza-Kaduce  and
William A. Rutala
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Maria F. Gergen
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Kathleen A. Short
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Care, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Kendra E. Lanza-Kaduce
Affiliation:
Director’s Office, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
2163 Bioinformatics, CB #7030, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (dweber@unch.unc.edu).
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Abstract

Adult hospitalized patients with cystic fibrosis commonly receive nebulized medications. For single-patient-use nebulizers that are cleaned after each use, there is infrequent nebulizer contamination (0%–11%) with only low numbers of epidemiologically important pathogens (less than 100 colony-forming units), and this contamination is similar after 24, 48, and 72 hours of use.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(12):1553–1546

Type
Brief Report
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 12 , December 2014 , pp. 1543 - 1546
Copyright
© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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