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Bowls and bacteria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

D. H. M. Joynson
D. H. M. Joynson
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Morriston Hospital, Morriston, Swansea, Wales
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An episode of nosocomial infection with Klebsiella aerogenes in a surgical ward, in which six patients were infected, is described. The cause of the outbreak was identified as being contaminated washing-bowls. It is recommended that each patient should have his own bowl, which should be disinfected after use, dried and stored upside-down.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 80 , Issue 3 , June 1978 , pp. 423 - 425
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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