Enteral tube hub as a reservoir for transmissible enteric bacteria.
Enteral feeding is a risk factor for cross transmission of microbes. Administration set tubing can be colonized by organisms present in the enteral tube hub; molecular typing has demonstrated genetic relatedness of enteric bacteria isolated from both sites. Strict attention to infection control measures is imperative when handling enteral feed apparatuses.
Matlow
Anne
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Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. anne.matlow@sickkids.ca
Jacobson
Michelle
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Wray
Rick
R
Goldman
Carol
C
Streitenberger
Laurie
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Freeman
Renee
R
Kovach
Danuta
D
D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans