Bronchoscopy-related infections and pseudoinfections--New York, 1996 and 1998.
Bronchoscopy is a useful diagnostic technique that can be performed safely by trained specialists when the bronchoscopes in both inpatient and ambulatory-care settings are reprocessed properly to prevent transmission of infection. The New York State Department of Health received reports of three clusters of culture-positive bronchoscopy specimens obtained in 1996 and 1998 from patients at local health-care facilities. This report summarizes the results of investigations of these clusters, which indicated involvement of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. intracellulare, or imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Between patient uses, bronchoscopes had been cleaned, visually inspected, leak tested, and processed by STERIS System 1 processors (STERIS, Mentor, Ohio).
D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004203:Disinfection; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013242:Sterilization; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology