| Literature DB >> 23838230 |
Paul Chittick1, Victoria Russo, Matthew Sims, Barbara Robinson-Dunn, Susan Oleszkowicz, Kara Sawarynski, Kimberly Powell, Jacob Makin, Elizabeth Darnell, Judith A Boura, Bobby Boyanton, Jeffrey Band.
Abstract
We describe an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa respiratory tract infections related to intrinsically contaminated ultrasound gel used for intraoperative transesophageal echocardiograms in cardiovascular surgery patients. This investigation led to a product safety alert by the Food and Drug Administration and the development of guidelines for appropriate use of ultrasound gel.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 23838230 DOI： 10.1086/671268
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ISSN： 0899-823X Impact factor: 3.254