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Intrinsic Klebsiella pneumoniae Contamination of Liquid Germicidal Hand Soap Containing Chlorhexidine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Steven E. Brooks ,
Mary A. Walczak ,
Sharon Malcolm  and
Rizwanullah Hameed
Steven E. Brooks*
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control/Clinical Microbiology and Medicine, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Mary A. Walczak
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control/Clinical Microbiology and Medicine, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Sharon Malcolm
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control/Clinical Microbiology and Medicine, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Rizwanullah Hameed
Affiliation:
Departments of Infection Control/Clinical Microbiology and Medicine, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
*
Department of Infection Control and Clinical Microbiology, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, 585 Schenectady Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11203
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Abstract

We describe intrinsic contamination with Klebsiella pneumoniae occurring during the manufacture of germicidal hand soap, labeled as containing 2% chlorhexidine, used throughout a 350-bed community medical center. A 3-year retrospective study failed to find evidence of increased incidence of clinical isolates of this strain.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 10 , October 2004 , pp. 883 - 885
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004 

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