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Mycobacterium avium pseudo-outbreak associated with an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic: Lessons for reprocessing.

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Seidelman, JL; Wallace, RJ; Iakhiaeva, E; Vasireddy, R; Brown-Elliott, BA; McKnight, C; Chen, LF; Smith, T; Lewis, SS
Published in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
January 2019

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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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

January 2019

Volume

40

Issue

1

Start / End Page

106 / 108

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tertiary Care Centers
  • Outpatients
  • North Carolina
  • Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection
  • Mycobacterium avium Complex
  • Humans
  • Equipment Reuse
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Epidemiology
  • Disinfection
 

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Seidelman, J. L., Wallace, R. J., Iakhiaeva, E., Vasireddy, R., Brown-Elliott, B. A., McKnight, C., … Lewis, S. S. (2019). Mycobacterium avium pseudo-outbreak associated with an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic: Lessons for reprocessing. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 40(1), 106–108. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.298
Seidelman, Jessica L., Richard J. Wallace, Elena Iakhiaeva, Ravikiran Vasireddy, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Celeste McKnight, Luke F. Chen, Terry Smith, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Mycobacterium avium pseudo-outbreak associated with an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic: Lessons for reprocessing.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 40, no. 1 (January 2019): 106–8. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.298.
Seidelman JL, Wallace RJ, Iakhiaeva E, Vasireddy R, Brown-Elliott BA, McKnight C, et al. Mycobacterium avium pseudo-outbreak associated with an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic: Lessons for reprocessing. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Jan;40(1):106–8.
Seidelman, Jessica L., et al. “Mycobacterium avium pseudo-outbreak associated with an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic: Lessons for reprocessing.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, vol. 40, no. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 106–08. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/ice.2018.298.
Seidelman JL, Wallace RJ, Iakhiaeva E, Vasireddy R, Brown-Elliott BA, McKnight C, Chen LF, Smith T, Lewis SS. Mycobacterium avium pseudo-outbreak associated with an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic: Lessons for reprocessing. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Jan;40(1):106–108.
Journal cover image

Published In

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

January 2019

Volume

40

Issue

1

Start / End Page

106 / 108

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tertiary Care Centers
  • Outpatients
  • North Carolina
  • Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection
  • Mycobacterium avium Complex
  • Humans
  • Equipment Reuse
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Epidemiology
  • Disinfection