TY - JOUR
AU - Williams, Tommy
AB - Abstract AN INCREASE in Pseudomonas infections in newborn infants was reported in 1955 and it was suggested that this was primarily related to the increased use of high humidity atmospheres, although "an investigation disclosed no contamination of the supply bottles" of the sterile distilled water which was used in the humidifying equipment.1 The methods and the details of the cultures were not reported. In 1958, Mac-Pherson described methods for testing oxygen humidifiers for contamination and found that the extent of contamination was far more extensive than had been anticipated.2 In 1961, an editorial entitled "Water Bugs in the Bassinet" reemphasized the role of contaminated water in nursery infections, and suggested holding an agar plate in front of the jet of a mist generator as a simple method to test for sterility.3 More recent studies of inhalation therapy equipment using particle-sizing air samplers have reported that heated incubators, which References 1. Hoffman, MA, and Finberg, L.: Pesudomonas Infections in Infants Associated With High-Humidity Environments , J Pediat 46:626-630, 1955.Crossref 2. MacPherson, C.R.: Oxygen Therapy: An Unsuspected Source of Hospital Infections? JAMA 167:1083-1086, 1958.Crossref 3. Water Bugs in the Bassinet , editorial, Amer J Dis Child 101:273-277, 1961. 4. Reinarz, J.A., et al: The Potential Role of Inhalation Therapy Equipment in Nosocomial Pulmonary Infection , J Clin Invest 44:831-839, 1965.Crossref 5. Edmondson, E.B., et al: Nebulization Equipment: A Potential Source of Infection in Gram-Negative Pneumonias , Amer J Dis Child 111:357-360, 1966.Crossref 6. Decontamination of Fomites in Neonatal Units, Committee on Fetus and Newborn , Pediatrics 38:142-144, 1966. 7. Kresky, B.: Control of Gram-Negative Bacilli in a Hospital Nursery , Amer J Dis Child 107:363-369, 1964. 8. Edmondson, E.B., and Sanford, J.P.: Simple Methods of Bacteriologic Sampling of Nebulization Equipment , Amer Rev Resp Dis 81:450-453, 1966. 9. Moffet, H.L., and Williams, T.: Bacteria Recovered From Distilled Water and Inhalation Therapy Equipment , Amer J Dis Child , this issue, pp 7-12. 10. Walter, C.W., et al: Bacteriology of the Bedside Carafe , New Eng J Med 259:1198-1202, 1958.Crossref
TI - Survival and Dissemination of Bacteria in Nebulizers and Incubators
JF - American Journal of Diseases of Children
DO - 10.1001/archpedi.1967.02090220019003
DA - 1967-07-01
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SP - 13
EP - 20
VL - 114
IS - 1
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