Importance of following guidance on decontamination of breast pump milk collection kits and related items

Affiliations

¹ Consultant Microbiologist (Retired), London, UK. Electronic address: elizabethshanson@btinternet.com.
² Consultant Clinical Scientist (Retired), London, UK.
³ Human Milk Foundation and Hearts Milk Bank, Rothamsted Institute, Harpenden, UK.
⁴ Former Clinical Nurse Specialist for Infant Feeding, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁵ Infection Prevention and Control Matron, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Prescot, UK.
⁶ Specialist Healthcare Consultant, UK.
⁷ Consultant Clinical Microbiologist (Retired), Ringwood, UK.

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E Price et al. J Hosp Infect. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb:120:134.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.11.002. Epub 2021 Nov 11.

¹ Consultant Microbiologist (Retired), London, UK. Electronic address: elizabethshanson@btinternet.com.
² Consultant Clinical Scientist (Retired), London, UK.
³ Human Milk Foundation and Hearts Milk Bank, Rothamsted Institute, Harpenden, UK.
⁴ Former Clinical Nurse Specialist for Infant Feeding, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁵ Infection Prevention and Control Matron, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Prescot, UK.
⁶ Specialist Healthcare Consultant, UK.
⁷ Consultant Clinical Microbiologist (Retired), Ringwood, UK.

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Enterobacter cloacae complex outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit: multifaceted investigations and preventive measures are needed.
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