Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes: A multi-state report

Roy F. Chemaly; Dhanesh B. Rathod; Monica K. Sikka; Mary K. Hayden; Mark Hutchins; Tracy Horn; Jeffery Tarrand; Javier Adachi; Kim Nguyen; Gorden Trenholme; Issam Raad

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.08.020

Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes: A multi-state report

Roy F. Chemaly, Dhanesh B. Rathod, Monica K. Sikka, Mary K. Hayden, Mark Hutchins, Tracy Horn, Jeffery Tarrand, Javier Adachi, Kim Nguyen, Gorden Trenholme, Issam Raad

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Abstract

A national outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes led to their recall. We evaluated the clinical impact of this outbreak in 57 patients at 3 centers. All patients were symptomatic and were treated with intravenous antibiotics with a fatal outcome in 1 patient.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	521-524
Number of pages	4
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	39
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2010.08.020
State	Published - Aug 2011

Keywords

Serratia marcescens bacteremia
contaminated devices
hospital-related infection
multi-state outbreak

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Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes: A multi-state report

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