Sharing is not always a good thing: Use of a DNA marker to investigate the potential for ward-to-ward dissemination of healthcare-associated pathogens.

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Sharing is not always a good thing: Use of a DNA marker to investigate the potential for ward-to-ward dissemination of healthcare-associated pathogens.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Dec 07;:1-3

Authors: Alhmidi H, Cadnum JL, Jencson AL, Gweder AA, Donskey CJ

Abstract
A DNA marker inoculated onto portable equipment on a medical ward was disseminated to other wards when equipment was shared and to a physician work room and the hospital cafeteria by personnel. These results demonstrate the plausibility of pathogen transmission in healthcare facilities in the absence of shared ward exposure.

PMID: 30522541 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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