Outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia in pediatric patients epidemiologically linked to pre-filled heparin flushes

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Oct;40(10):1201-1202. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.196. Epub 2019 Jul 25.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
² Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Denver, Colorado.
³ University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.

PMID: 31340879
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.196

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / epidemiology*
Bacteremia / etiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Colorado / epidemiology
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / etiology
Disease Outbreaks*
Equipment Contamination*
Heparin
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Male
Serratia Infections / epidemiology*
Serratia Infections / etiology
Serratia marcescens / isolation & purification*
Syringes / microbiology*

Substances

Heparin