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Acquisition of Nosocomial Pathogens on Hands After Contact With Environmental Surfaces Near Hospitalized Patients

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We examined the frequency of acquisition of bacterial pathogens on investigators’ hands after contacting environmental surfaces near hospitalized patients. Hand imprint cultures were positive for one or more pathogens after contacting surfaces near 34 (53%) of 64 study patients, with Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus being the most common isolates.

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Acquisition of Nosocomial Pathogens on Hands After Contact With Environmental Surfaces Near Hospitalized Patients
Anita Bhalla , MD, Nicole J. Pultz , BS, Delores M. Gries , MD, Amy J. Ray , MD, Elizabeth C. Eckstein , RN, David C. Aron , MD and Curtis J. Donskey , MD
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Vol. 25, No. 2 (February 2004) (pp. 164-167)

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Anita Bhalla , MD; Nicole J. Pultz , BS; Delores M. Gries , MD; Amy J. Ray , MD; Elizabeth C. Eckstein , RN; David C. Aron , MD; Curtis J. Donskey , MD

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Dr. Bhalla is from the Infectious Diseases Division, University Hospitals of Cleveland; and Ms. Pultz and Dr. Donskey are from the Infectious Diseases Section, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Gries is from the Department of Pediatrics, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Ray is from the Department of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland; Ms. Eckstein and Dr. Donskey are from the Infection Control Department, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and Dr. Aron is from the Center for Quality Improvement Research, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.Address reprint requests to Curtis J. Donskey, MD, Infectious Diseases Section, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106.Supported by an Advanced Career Development Award grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (CJD).

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