Contamination of hospital tap water: the survival and persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on conventional and ‘antimicrobial’ outlet fittings
Contamination of hospital tap water: the survival and persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on conventional and ‘antimicrobial’ outlet fittings
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections have been linked to contaminated hospital taps, highlighting the potential for tap outlet fittings (OF) to harbour biofilm. P. aeruginosa may be transferred to OFs via contaminated cleaning cloths. Suggested interventions include flushing regimens and alternative OF designs.|To investigate the transfer of P. aeruginosa from a contaminated cleaning cloth to conventional and 'antimicrobial/antibiofilm' OFs and to determine whether this contamination persists and/or leads to contamination of tap water.|Microfibre cloths contaminated with P. aeruginosa (10|The median number of P. aeruginosa transferred from cloth to OF was 5.7 × 10|Contaminated cleaning cloths may transfer P. aeruginosa to OFs, leading to contamination of tap water. Although not removing the potential for contamination, 'antimicrobial/antibiofilm' OFs may prevent P. aeruginosa from continually contaminating water delivered from the outlet.
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Hutchins, C.F.
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Moore, G.
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Thompson, K.-A.
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Webb, J.
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Walker, J.T.
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27 October 2017
Hutchins, C.F.
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Moore, G.
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Thompson, K.-A.
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Webb, J.
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Walker, J.T.
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Hutchins, C.F., Moore, G., Thompson, K.-A., Webb, J. and Walker, J.T.
(2017)
Contamination of hospital tap water: the survival and persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on conventional and ‘antimicrobial’ outlet fittings.
Journal of Hospital Infection, 97 (2), .
(doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2017.06.005).
Abstract
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections have been linked to contaminated hospital taps, highlighting the potential for tap outlet fittings (OF) to harbour biofilm. P. aeruginosa may be transferred to OFs via contaminated cleaning cloths. Suggested interventions include flushing regimens and alternative OF designs.|To investigate the transfer of P. aeruginosa from a contaminated cleaning cloth to conventional and 'antimicrobial/antibiofilm' OFs and to determine whether this contamination persists and/or leads to contamination of tap water.|Microfibre cloths contaminated with P. aeruginosa (10|The median number of P. aeruginosa transferred from cloth to OF was 5.7 × 10|Contaminated cleaning cloths may transfer P. aeruginosa to OFs, leading to contamination of tap water. Although not removing the potential for contamination, 'antimicrobial/antibiofilm' OFs may prevent P. aeruginosa from continually contaminating water delivered from the outlet.
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Accepted/In Press date: 2 June 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 June 2017
Published date: 27 October 2017
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