Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination of mouth swabs during production causing a major outbreak
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
- Vol. 6 (1) , 3
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-0711-6-3
Abstract
In 2002 we investigated an outbreak comprising 231 patients in Norway, caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and linked to the use of contaminated mouth swabs called Dent-O-Sept. Here we describe the extent of contamination of the swabs, and identify critical points in the production process that made the contamination possible, in order to prevent future outbreaks.Keywords
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