Cleaning patient shower facilities: a novel approach to reducing patient exposure to aerosolized Aspergillus species and other opportunistic molds

Elias J. Anaissie; Shawna L. Stratton; Maria Cecilia Dignani; Choon Kee Lee; Tahsine H. Mahfouz; John H. Rex; Richard C. Summerbell; Thomas J. Walsh

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Cleaning patient shower facilities: a novel approach to reducing patient exposure to aerosolized Aspergillus species and other opportunistic molds

Elias J. Anaissie, Shawna L. Stratton, Maria Cecilia Dignani, Choon Kee Lee, Tahsine H. Mahfouz, John H. Rex, Richard C. Summerbell, Thomas J. Walsh

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We previously have demonstrated that the hospital water-distribution system could be a reservoir for airborne molds that leads to secondary aerosolization of these molds in patient shower facilities. In this report, we show that cleaning the floors of patient shower facilities in a bone marrow transplantation unit reduced the mean air concentrations of molds, including Aspergillus species (from 12 cfu/m3 to 4 cfu/m3; P=.0047).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	86-88
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Volume	35
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/342305
State	Published - Oct 15 2002
Externally published	Yes

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Infectious Diseases

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Anaissie, E. J., Stratton, S. L., Dignani, M. C., Lee, C. K., Mahfouz, T. H., Rex, J. H., Summerbell, R. C., & Walsh, T. J. (2002). Cleaning patient shower facilities: a novel approach to reducing patient exposure to aerosolized Aspergillus species and other opportunistic molds. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 35(8), 86-88. https://doi.org/10.1086/342305

Cleaning patient shower facilities: a novel approach to reducing patient exposure to aerosolized Aspergillus species and other opportunistic molds. / Anaissie, Elias J.; Stratton, Shawna L.; Dignani, Maria Cecilia et al.
In: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Vol. 35, No. 8, 15.10.2002, p. 86-88.

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Anaissie, EJ, Stratton, SL, Dignani, MC, Lee, CK, Mahfouz, TH, Rex, JH, Summerbell, RC & Walsh, TJ 2002, 'Cleaning patient shower facilities: a novel approach to reducing patient exposure to aerosolized Aspergillus species and other opportunistic molds', Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 86-88. https://doi.org/10.1086/342305

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