Risk Factors of Catheter Related Blood Stream Infection in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit : Experience from a Developing Country

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Rawia I. Badr ◽  
Enas Hammad ◽  
Mona F. Salama
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Blood Stream Infection ◽  
Blood Stream

Investigation and Control of an Outbreak of Enterobacter aerogenes Bloodstream Infection in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Fiji

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 797-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swastika A. Narayan ◽  
Jacob L. Kool ◽  
Miriama Vakololoma ◽  
Andrew C. Steer ◽  
Amelita Mejia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Normal Saline ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Blood Stream Infection ◽  
Enterobacter Aerogenes ◽  
Blood Stream ◽  
Single Use ◽  
And Control

Ten neonates developed blood stream infection with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacter aerogenes in a neonatal intensive care unit in Fiji. The source of the outbreak was traced to a bag of contaminated normal saline in the ward, which was used for multiple patients. All isolates recovered from patients were indistinguishable from the bacteria recovered from the normal saline by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The outbreak was controlled using simple infection control practices such as reinforcement of strict hand hygiene policy, provision of single use vials of normal saline, and strict aseptic technique for injections.

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