Hospital-acquired legionnaires disease in a university hospital: impact of the copper-silver ionization system.
Clin Infect Dis
; 44(2): 263-5, 2007 Jan 15.
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| ID: mdl-17173228
ABSTRACT
We evaluated the impact of the copper-silver ionization system in a hospital where hyperendemic nosocomial legionellosis and was present and all previous disinfection measures had failed. After implementation of the copper-silver ionization system, environmental colonization with Legionella species decreased significantly, and the incidence of nosocomial legionellosis decreased dramatically, from 2.45 to 0.18 cases per 1000 patient discharges.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Prata
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Doença dos Legionários
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Infecção Hospitalar
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Purificação da Água
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Cobre
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Serviço Hospitalar de Engenharia e Manutenção
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article