Contaminated medicaments in use in a hospital for diseases of the skin.
Topical medicaments used by patients with diseases of the skin were examined for microbial contamination. Ps. aeruginosa was isolated from stock pots of a diluted emulsifying ointment used as a soap substitute in the bath. Cross-contamination between patients and medicament was subsequently shown to have occurred.
D001494:Baths; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D004340:Drug Contamination; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010361:Patients; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000635:transmission
D003879:Dermatologic Agents