Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infection outbreaks are difficult to control and sometimes require cohorting of CRAB-positive patients or temporary ward closure for environmental cleaning. We aimed at controlling the deadly 2018 CRAB outbreak in a 12 bed- intensive care unit (ICU) including 9 beds in a 220 m2 open space. We implemented a new multimodal approach without ward closure, cohorting or temporarily limiting admissions.
A five-component infection control bundle to permanently eliminate a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii spreading in an intensive care unit / Meschiari, Marianna; Lòpez-Lozano, José-María; Di Pilato, Vincenzo; Gimenez-Esparza, Carola; Vecchi, Elena; Bacca, Erica; Orlando, Gabriella; Franceschini, Erica; Sarti, Mario; Pecorari, Monica; Grottola, Antonella; Venturelli, Claudia; Busani, Stefano; Serio, Lucia; Girardis, Massimo; Rossolini, Gian Maria; Gyssens, Inge C; Monnet, Dominique L; Mussini, Cristina. - In: ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND INFECTION CONTROL. - ISSN 2047-2994. - 10:1(2021), pp. 123-136. [10.1186/s13756-021-00990-z]
A five-component infection control bundle to permanently eliminate a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii spreading in an intensive care unit
Meschiari, Marianna;Bacca, Erica;Orlando, Gabriella;Franceschini, Erica;Grottola, Antonella;Busani, Stefano;Girardis, Massimo;Mussini, Cristina
2021
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Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infection outbreaks are difficult to control and sometimes require cohorting of CRAB-positive patients or temporary ward closure for environmental cleaning. We aimed at controlling the deadly 2018 CRAB outbreak in a 12 bed- intensive care unit (ICU) including 9 beds in a 220 m2 open space. We implemented a new multimodal approach without ward closure, cohorting or temporarily limiting admissions.
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