Airborne Aspergillus fumigatus contamination in an intensive care unit: Detection, management and control.

Airborne Aspergillus fumigatus contamination in an intensive care unit: Detection, management and control.

J Infect Public Health. 2019 May 08;:

Authors: Demuyser T, De Cock E, Sermijn E

Abstract
Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are often extremely vulnerable to suffer an infection from airborne pathogens. Therefore, an environmental outbreak of Aspergillus fumigatus in an ICU should be handled in a concise and efficient way. In this short report, we describe an outbreak of A. fumigatus in the ICU of a Belgian secondary care hospital. Following initial detection of a humidity problem and airborne A. fumigatus, the department of infection prevention took urgent measures for damage control and resolution of the problem. As such a timely resolution has been provided, with assurance of a clean and healthy environment for the critical patients.

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