Gravel Denise, Sample Mary L, Ramotar Karam, Toye Baldwin, Oxley Cathy, Garber Gary
Infection Prevention and Control Program, Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Feb;23(2):103-6. doi: 10.1086/502017.
We report an unusual cluster of Burkholderia cepacia in patients. Environmental cultures identified indigo-carmine dye used in enteral feeding as the reservoir. Compared with the controls, the cases were significantly more likely to have received tube feedings tinted with this dye. This outbreak was terminated with the removal of the dye from hospital inventory.