Nosocomial transmission of necrotising fasciitis organisms from prepartum patient to healthcare worker

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. e240848
Author(s):  
Jacques X Zhang ◽  
Connor T McSweeney ◽  
Kevin L Bush

Necrotising fasciitis is an aggressive skin and soft tissue infection requiring urgent surgical treatment, resuscitative efforts and intensive care management. We herein present a case of necrotising fasciitis with nosocomial transmission of causative organisms from patient to healthcare worker. Bacterial transmission from human to human despite personal protective equipment is quite rare, and with limited reports in the literature. The patient was also prepartum, representing to our knowledge, one of only a handful of cases of prepartum necrotising fasciitis. Recommendations to avoid healthcare worker transmission include wearing Association of the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation level 4 gowns during debridement, as well as eye protection and changing scrubs and showering between cases.

1992 ◽  
Vol 05 (02) ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
Karol Mathews ◽  
Doris Dyson

Intensive care management can be provided in a small animal facility by centralisation of emergency and monitoring equipment. Good communication between all personnel involved in the case ensures that staff are prepared for complications that could arise related to recovery from anaesthesia.


1974 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. C. K. Brown ◽  
F. I. Bishop ◽  
G. C. Mullins

The epidemiology and prevention of drug overdosage in children is discussed. The emergency treatment of acute drug overdosage is outlined together with aspects of the intensive care management in relation to conscious state, convulsions, respiratory failure, circulatory failure and arrhythmias with some emphasis on tricyclic antidepressants.


Stroke ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 573-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
J W Norris ◽  
V C Hachinski

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