Cluster of pseudoinfections with Burkholderia cepacia associated with a contaminated washer-disinfector in a bronchoscopy unit

Dror Rosengarten; Colin Block; Carlos Hidalgo-Grass; Violeta Temper; Ilana Gross; Anna Budin-Mizrahi; Neville Berkman; Shmuel Benenson

doi:10.1086/653611

Cluster of pseudoinfections with Burkholderia cepacia associated with a contaminated washer-disinfector in a bronchoscopy unit

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Jul;31(7):769-71. doi: 10.1086/653611.

Authors

Dror Rosengarten¹, Colin Block, Carlos Hidalgo-Grass, Violeta Temper, Ilana Gross, Anna Budin-Mizrahi, Neville Berkman, Shmuel Benenson

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

PMID: 20470036
DOI: 10.1086/653611

Abstract

In December 2008, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples obtained from 3 patients were positive for Burkholderia cepacia complex on culture. Samples obtained from bronchoscopes and rinse-water samples obtained from the washer-disinfector were found to be positive for B. cepacia complex. The cause of this pseudo-outbreak was that the washer-disinfector was installed without the required antibacterial filter.

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology*
Bronchoscopes / microbiology*
Bronchoscopy
Burkholderia Infections / epidemiology*
Burkholderia Infections / microbiology
Burkholderia cepacia / isolation & purification*
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / microbiology
Disease Outbreaks
Disinfection / instrumentation*
Equipment Contamination*
Hospital Units / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Israel / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Water Microbiology