Identical Achromobacter Strain in Reusable Surface Disinfection Tissue Dispensers and a Clinical Isolate

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Nov;36(11):1362-4. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.176. Epub 2015 Jul 20.

Authors

Claudio Kupfahl¹, Mattias Walther¹, Constanze Wendt², Heike von Baum³

Affiliations

¹ 1MVZ Labor Ravensburg,Division of Hygiene,Ravensburg,Germany.
² 2MVZ Labor Dr. Limbach & Kollegen,Division of Hygiene,Heidelberg,Germany.
³ 3Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Faculty for Clinical Medicine of the University Ulm,Ulm,Germany.

PMID: 26189460
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.176

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Achromobacter / isolation & purification*
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Disinfectants / standards
Disinfection / instrumentation*
Equipment Contamination*
Fomites / microbiology*
Hospitals
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / standards

Substances

Disinfectants
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds