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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2003;88:F434-F435 doi:10.1136/fn.88.5.F434
  • Short report

Contamination of a milk bank pasteuriser causing a Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

  1. C Gras-Le Guen1,
  2. D Lepelletier2,
  3. T Debillon1,
  4. V Gournay1,
  5. E Espaze3,
  6. J C Roze1
  1. 1Département de périnatologie, Hôpital Mère-Enfant, CHU Nantes, France
  2. 2Unité Opérationnelle d’Hygiène hospitalière, CHU Nantes
  3. 3Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU Nantes
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Roze, Service de réanimation pédiatrique et néonatale, Hôpital Mère Enfant, 9 quai Moncousu, 44099 Nantes Cedex, France;
    jeanchristophe.roze{at}chu-nantes.fr
  • Accepted 30 October 2002

Abstract

An environmental investigation and a cohort study were carried out to analyse an outbreak of infection caused by a serotype O10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a neonatal intensive care unit. Thirty one cases of infection were recorded, including four lethal ones. The outbreak was stopped by eradicating the environmental sources: a contaminated milk bank pasteuriser and bottle warmer.

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      • Clodagh S O'Gorman,
      • Winifred A Gorman
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      • Anne McCrea
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    • Donor Milk Banking Guidelines in the UK
      • Susan E Balmer,
      • Gillian A Weaver, Anthony F Williams
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