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Association of Contaminated Gloves with Transmission of Acinetobacter caicoaceticus var. anitratus in an Intensive Care Unit JAN EVANS PATTERSON, M.D., JOHN VECCHIO, M.D., ELIZABETH L. PANTELICK, R.N., M.P.H., PATRICIA FARREL, M.T., DOROTHY MAZON, R.N., MARCUS J. ZERVOS, M.D., WALTERJ. HIERHOLZER,Jr., M.D., NewHaven, Connecticut
PURPOSE: Acinetobacter calcoaceticus vat. ~ n i . trat~ts is an important nosocomi~i pathogen that has been associated with environmental reservoirs. An increased isolation rate of A. anitratus in our intensive care units (ICUs), from 0.03% (two of 7,800) to 0.5% (seven of 1~00) (p
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Association of Contaminated Gloves with Transmission of Acinetobacter caicoaceticus var. anitratus in an Intensive Care Unit JAN EVANS PATTERSON, M.D., JOHN VECCHIO, M.D., ELIZABETH L. PANTELICK, R.N., M.P.H., PATRICIA FARREL, M.T., DOROTHY MAZON, R.N., MARCUS J. ZERVOS, M.D., WALTERJ. HIERHOLZER,Jr., M.D., NewHaven, Connecticut
PURPOSE: Acinetobacter calcoaceticus vat. ~ n i . trat~ts is an important nosocomi~i pathogen that has been associated with environmental reservoirs. An increased isolation rate of A. anitratus in our intensive care units (ICUs), from 0.03% (two of 7,800) to 0.5% (seven of 1~00) (p
