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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

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.

  • nosocomial infection
  • milk contamination
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa

https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.88.5.F434

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