title: [The managements of nosocomial outbreaks of multi-drug resistant bacteria].
abstract: Hospital outbreaks of multi-drug resistant bacteria have been reported in a number of contexts, particularly in areas where seriously ill patients are treated, for example in intensive care units sometimes with spread to other wards. When the serious outbreak occurs, the hospital had better to make official announcement and receive third-party assessment. The local network for consultation is also recommended by Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. The outbreaks of multi-drug resistant pathogens are easily recognized, but surrounding the outbreaks, numerous numbers of drug sensitive bacterial outbreaks must occur in obscurity. Then the concept of "never events" should be spread for prevent nosocomial infections, also in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infection Control and Prevention, Osaka University Hospital.
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomono
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans