Does marking as sterile mean really sterile? Stenotrophomonas maltophilia outbreak caused by a blood-gas injector containing liquid heparin.
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DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.12
Abstract: An outbreak investigation was initiated after detecting an increase in the number of patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bloodstream infections (SM-BSIs) througout the hospital. S. maltophilia was isolated from the cultures of blood-gas ınjectors containing liquid… read more here.
Keywords: liquid heparin; stenotrophomonas maltophilia; blood gas; containing liquid ... See more keywords