The use of routine culture results to identify high risk areas in hospital

By making simple compilations of culture results in clinical bacteriology, it was possible to examine the extent to which inpatients were at risk of acquiring infection in hospital. A surveillance system is described using results from routine bacteriological cultures. Pseudomonas isolates were comm...

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Published inThe Journal of hospital infection Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 179 - 184
Main Author Im, Stanley W.K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.1982
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Bacillus - isolation & purification
Bacterial Infections - prevention & control
Bacteriological Techniques
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Escherichia coli - isolation & purification
Hospital Departments
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Patients' Rooms
Pseudomonas - isolation & purification
Risk
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ISSN0195-6701
1532-2939
DOI10.1016/0195-6701(82)90011-1

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Summary:By making simple compilations of culture results in clinical bacteriology, it was possible to examine the extent to which inpatients were at risk of acquiring infection in hospital. A surveillance system is described using results from routine bacteriological cultures. Pseudomonas isolates were common in the intensive care ward and was associated with contamination of respiratory equipment. Urinary-tract infections were frequent in the gynaecological and the male medical ward. Isolates of Bacillus spp. were used as an indication of environmental contamination of medical equipment or specimens.
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ISSN:0195-6701
1532-2939
DOI:10.1016/0195-6701(82)90011-1