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. 2023 Dec;44(12):2052-2055.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.229. Epub 2023 Nov 6.

Microbiological characteristics, transmission routes, and mitigation measures in bronchoscope-associated investigations: Summary of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) consultations, 2014-2022

Dipesh Solanky  1 , Ana Cecilia Bardossy  1 , Shannon Novosad  1 , Heather Moulton-Meissner  1 , Matthew Arduino  1 , Kiran M Perkins  1
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Microbiological characteristics, transmission routes, and mitigation measures in bronchoscope-associated investigations: Summary of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) consultations, 2014-2022

Dipesh Solanky et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

In this summary of US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) consultations with state and local health departments concerning their bronchoscope-associated investigations from 2014 through 2022, bronchoscope reprocessing gaps and exposure to nonsterile water sources appeared to be the major routes of transmission of infectious pathogens, which were primarily water-associated bacteria.

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