Source avec lien : Journal of Hospital Infection, (Prépublication), . 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.02.016
Notre objectif était de décrire la contamination des drains d’évier (SD) par des entérobactéries productrices de carbapénémase (CPE) dans trois unités de soins intensifs (ICU) et d’évaluer le risque de transmission aux patients hospitalisés.
We aimed to describe the contamination of sink drains (SDs) with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in three intensive care units (ICUs) and to assess the risk of transmission to hospitalized patients. All SDs were monthly sampled for CPE screening by culture. Rectal screening for CPE carriage was weekly conducted for hospitalized patients. CPE were isolated from 22% of SD samples. Certain SDs remained colonized with the same strain during several months. No CPE acquisition occurred among hospitalized patients during the study. Certain strategies like systematic sampling of SDs in ICUs for screening contamination by CPE should be discouraged apart from outbreaks.