Role of intensive care unit environment and health-care workers in transmission of ventilator-associated pneumonia

• DOI: 10.3855/jidc.800
• Publication Date: 2010-06-10T10:39:18Z
• Authors: Noyal Mariya Joseph; Sujatha Sistla; Tarun Kumar Dutta; Ashok Shankar Badhe; Desdemona Rasitha; Subhash Chandra P...
• Keywords: Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii have been reported to cause outbreaks of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in several studies. The high prevalence these pathogens prompted us study the different strains prevailing our intensive care units (ICUs) determine role ICU environment health-care workers (HCWs) transmission infection. Methodology: A prospective was performed over a period 15 months two ICUs Jawaharlal Institute Postgraduate Medical Education Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India. Surveillance samples were collected from HCWs environment. Quantitative antibiogram typing PCR-RFLP used for comparison isolates surveillance VAP patients. Results: most common potential isolated cultures. Eight present ICUs, but multi-drug resistant (MDR) strain 2 4 prevalent strains. Six found which MDR 1 3 common. observed patients also milieu. Only one HCW be carrier patient. Conclusions: reservoir pathogens; therefore, strict adherence environmental infection control measures is essential prevent health-care-associated infections.