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. 2002 Oct 15;35(8):E86-8.
doi: 10.1086/342305. Epub 2002 Sep 18.

Cleaning patient shower facilities: a novel approach to reducing patient exposure to aerosolized Aspergillus species and other opportunistic molds

Elias J Anaissie  1 , Shawna L Stratton, Maria Cecilia Dignani, Choon-Kee Lee, Tahsine H Mahfouz, John H Rex, Richard C Summerbell, Thomas J Walsh
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Cleaning patient shower facilities: a novel approach to reducing patient exposure to aerosolized Aspergillus species and other opportunistic molds

Elias J Anaissie et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We previously have demonstrated that the hospital water-distribution system could be a reservoir for airborne molds that leads to secondary aerosolization of these molds in patient shower facilities. In this report, we show that cleaning the floors of patient shower facilities in a bone marrow transplantation unit reduced the mean air concentrations of molds, including Aspergillus species (from 12 cfu/m3 to 4 cfu/m3; P=.0047).

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