scholarly journals Impact of Infectious Disease Consultation on Clinical Management and Outcome of Patients with Bloodstream Infection: a Retrospective Cohort Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangmin Tang ◽  
Liang Huang ◽  
Zhiyong Zong
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Bloodstream Infection ◽  
Retrospective Cohort Study ◽  
Clinical Management ◽  
Retrospective Cohort ◽  
Infectious Disease Consultation

Epidemiologic Investigation of a 2007 Outbreak of Serratia marcescens Bloodstream Infection in Texas Caused by Contamination of Syringes Prefilled With Heparin and Saline

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 593-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Su ◽  
David B. Blossom ◽  
Wendy Chung ◽  
Jessica Smartt Gullion ◽  
Neil Pascoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Serratia Marcescens ◽  
Bloodstream Infection ◽  
Retrospective Cohort Study ◽  
Outpatient Treatment ◽  
Retrospective Cohort ◽  
Epidemiologic Study ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Treatment Center ◽  
Epidemiologic Investigation

This retrospective cohort study found that syringes prefilled with heparin flush solution caused an outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infection at an outpatient treatment center in Texas in 2007. The epidemiologic study supported this conclusion, despite the lack of microbiologic evidence of contamination from environmental and product testing. This report underscores the crucial contributions that epidemiologic studies can make to investigations of outbreaks that are possibly product related.

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