How Clean Is the Linen at My Hospital? The Mucorales on Unclean Linen Discovery Study of Large United States Transplant and Cancer Centers
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DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy669
Abstract: Mucormycosis outbreaks have been linked to contaminated linen. We performed fungal cultures on freshly-laundered linens at 15 transplant and cancer hospitals. At 33% of hospitals, the linens were visibly unclean. At 20%, Mucorales were recovered… read more here.
Keywords: linen; linen hospital; transplant cancer; clean linen ... See more keywords
A Call to Action: The Need for Improved Transplant Cancer Screening Guidelines
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DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14034
Abstract: Improved transplant diagnostics and therapeutics have led to improved short-term allograft survival, yet have also resulted in increasing incidence of death with a functioning graft. The causes of death, including cancer and cardiovascular disease, most… read more here.
Keywords: improved transplant; call action; need improved; action need ... See more keywords