Mycobacterium avium pseudo-outbreak associated with an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic: Lessons for reprocessing.
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We identified a pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium avium in an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic following an increase in clinic procedure volume. We terminated the pseudo-outbreak by increasing the frequency of automated endoscope reprocessors (AER) filter changes from quarterly to monthly. Filter changing schedules should depend on use rather than fixed time intervals.
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Cited Authors
- Seidelman, JL; Wallace, RJ; Iakhiaeva, E; Vasireddy, R; Brown-Elliott, BA; McKnight, C; Chen, LF; Smith, T; Lewis, SS
Published Date
- January 2019
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 40 / 1
Start / End Page
- 106 - 108
PubMed ID
- 30472967
Pubmed Central ID
- 30472967
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1559-6834
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1017/ice.2018.298
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States