Roy F Chemaly

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine

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Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes: A multi-state report

Roy F. Chemaly; Dhanesh B. Rathod; Monica K. Sikka; Mary K. Hayden; Mark Hutchins; Tracy Horn; Jeffery Tarrand; Javier Adachi; Kim Nguyen; Gorden Trenholme; et al. (Profiled Authors: Javier A Adachi; Roy F Chemaly; Issam I Raad; Jeffrey J Tarrand)

American Journal of Infection Control. 2011;39(6):521-524.

A national outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes led to their recall. We evaluated the clinical impact of this outbreak in 57 patients at 3 centers. All patients were symptomatic and were treated with intravenous antibiotics with a fatal outcome in 1 patient. Copyright © 2011 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

PMID: 21492963    

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