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- Title
Ralstonia pickettii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infections Associated With Contaminated Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Water Heater Devices.
- Abstract
We report on probable factory-based contamination of portable water heaters with waterborne pathogens and 2 bloodstream infections potentially attributable to off-label use of these water heaters to warm extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuits. Great caution is warranted when using water-based devices to care for critically ill patients.
- Subjects
BACTERIAL disease risk factors; HEATING equipment; MEDICAL equipment contamination; CRITICALLY ill; BACTERIAL contamination; EXTRACORPOREAL membrane oxygenation; PATIENTS; AQUATIC microbiology; PSEUDOMONAS diseases; PATIENT safety; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2022, Vol 75, Issue 10, p1838
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciac379