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Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Hospital-onset Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.

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Baker, AW; Stout, JE; Anderson, DJ; Sexton, DJ; Smith, B; Moehring, RW; Huslage, K; Hostler, CJ; Lewis, SS
Published in: Clin Infect Dis
August 2, 2021

We analyzed the impact of a hospital tap water avoidance protocol on respiratory isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). After protocol implementation, hospital-onset episodes of respiratory NTM isolation on high-risk units decreased from 41.0 to 9.9 episodes per 10 000 patient-days (incidence rate ratio, 0.24; 95% confidence interval, .17-.34; P < .0001).

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Clin Infect Dis

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EISSN

1537-6591

Publication Date

August 2, 2021

Volume

73

Issue

3

Start / End Page

524 / 527

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Water Supply
  • Water
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Hospitals
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Baker, A. W., Stout, J. E., Anderson, D. J., Sexton, D. J., Smith, B., Moehring, R. W., … Lewis, S. S. (2021). Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Hospital-onset Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria. Clin Infect Dis, 73(3), 524–527. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1237
Baker, Arthur W., Jason E. Stout, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, Becky Smith, Rebekah W. Moehring, Kirk Huslage, Christopher J. Hostler, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Hospital-onset Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.Clin Infect Dis 73, no. 3 (August 2, 2021): 524–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1237.
Baker AW, Stout JE, Anderson DJ, Sexton DJ, Smith B, Moehring RW, et al. Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Hospital-onset Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 2;73(3):524–7.
Baker, Arthur W., et al. “Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Hospital-onset Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.Clin Infect Dis, vol. 73, no. 3, Aug. 2021, pp. 524–27. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1237.
Baker AW, Stout JE, Anderson DJ, Sexton DJ, Smith B, Moehring RW, Huslage K, Hostler CJ, Lewis SS. Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Hospital-onset Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 2;73(3):524–527.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clin Infect Dis

DOI

EISSN

1537-6591

Publication Date

August 2, 2021

Volume

73

Issue

3

Start / End Page

524 / 527

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Water Supply
  • Water
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Hospitals
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences