Bone graft contamination from a water de-ionizer during processing in a bone bank.
An organism resembling Burkholderia (formerly Pseudomonas) cepacia was isolated from cultures taken during processing of six bone grafts. The source of the contamination was traced to a water de-ionizer; the problem had begun when procedures had been changed, so that water from the de-ionizer had been used without sterilization. Cultures of bone for grafting not only protect recipients from infection, but act also as useful controls for processes involved in bone banking.
Farrington
M
M
Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Matthews
I
I
Foreman
J
J
Caffrey
E
E
D018586:Bone Banks / Q000592:standards; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D006113:United Kingdom; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014880:Water Softening