A bronchoscopy-associated pseudo-outbreak of <i>Mycobacterium chelonae</i> and <i>Mycobacterium mucogenicum</i> associated with contaminated ice machine water and ice
Drew Engers, Rajeev Swarup, Cheryl Morrin, Mica Blauw, Miles Selfridge, Pierre Gonyon, Janet E. Stout, Anurag N. Malani
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2023-06
Abstract
Abstract A pseudo-outbreak of bronchoscopy-associated Mycobacterium chelonae and M. mucogenicum was traced to contaminated ice machine water and ice. A nonsterile ice bath was used to cool uncapped, sterile, saline syringes used to slow procedural bleeding. Joining the growing evidence of bronchoscopy pseudo-outbreaks, our investigation describes several lessons for future prevention.
MeSH terms
- Mycobacterium chelonae
- Outbreak
- Bronchoscopy
- Microbiology
- Mycobacterium
- Medicine
- Contamination