Bacterial Invasive infections in a neonatal intensive care unit: a 13 years microbiological report from a tertiary referral centre

Conclusion:The high percentage of invasive infections due to bacteria not previously identified in surveillance cultures raises doubts about the efficiency of this procedure and highlights the need to search for alternative infection sources. This finding and the high prevalence of invasive infections due to nosocomial pathogens such asStaphylococcus aureus could be the result of horizontal transmission between patients through the hands of health care professionals, emphasizing once again the importance of applying stringent hand hygiene procedures and isolation standards.

Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - March 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marcello Mariani, Roberto Bandettini, Daniela La Masa, Diego Minghetti, Ivana Baldelli, Simona Serveli, Alessio Mesini, Luca A. Ramenghi, Elio Castagnola Source Type: research