Nosocomial bacteremia associated with contaminated blood pressure transducers: report of an outbreak and a review of the literature.
D000368:Aged; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods; D014159:Transducers; D014160:Transducers, Pressure; D014481:United States