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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
Following the closure of the National Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in Dublin, because of an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infection, a survey was carried out by the EBMT to investigate the occurrence of outbreaks of infection in SCT units and the impact on patient morbidity, mortality and the administration of the transplant programme over a 10-year period from 1991 to 2001. A total of 13 centres reported 23 outbreaks of infection involving 231 patients: 10 bacterial, eight viral and five fungal outbreaks were reported and 56 deaths were attributed to infection. All fungal and bacterial deaths and the majority of viral deaths occurred in allograft recipients. In all outbreaks, the infection was reported to be hospital acquired and in all the viral, and half the bacterial infections, cross-infection was a major factor. All viral, four of 10 bacterial and three of five fungal outbreaks occurred in HEPA filtered rooms. A total of 12 SCT units reported a partial or total closure. The introduction of mandatory quality management systems such as JACIE should result in a change in attitude to 'incident reporting' and together with future surveys should reduce the incidence of infectious outbreaks in SCT units.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0268-3369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
519-29
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Outbreaks of infectious diseases in stem cell transplant units: a silent cause of death for patients and transplant programmes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Haematology, Durkan Leukaemia Research Laboratories, Trinity Centre, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. smccann@stjames.ie
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Multicenter Study