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Transmission of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Klebsiella oxytoca via the Breathing Circuit of a Transport Ventilator: Root Cause Analysis and Infection Control Recommendations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

S. Schulz-Stübner  and
E. Kniehl
S. Schulz-Stübner*
Affiliation:
Deutsches Beratungszentrum für Hygiene am Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
E. Kniehl
Affiliation:
Zentralinstitut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Mikrobiologie und Transfusionsmedizin (ZLMT), Abteilung für Mikrobiologie und Krankenhaushygiene Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
*
Deutsches Beratungszentrum für Hygiene am Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Schnewlinstr. 10, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 8 , August 2011 , pp. 828 - 829
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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