Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
Am J Infect Control. 2017 Oct 1;45(10):1165-1167. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.04.007. Epub 2017 May 16.
A nonpathogenic DNA marker inoculated onto the television remote controls in rooms of 2 ambulatory long-term care facility (LTCF) residents disseminated to the hands of the LTCF residents, to high-touch surfaces in the room and on the ward, and to shared portable equipment. These findings suggest that contaminated high-touch surfaces in rooms of ambulatory LTCF residents are a potential source for widespread dissemination of pathogens.
一种非致病性 DNA 标记物被接种到 2 名常住长期护理机构 (LTCF) 居民房间的电视遥控器上，然后传播到 LTCF 居民的手上、房间内和病房内的高接触表面以及共享的便携式设备上。这些发现表明，常住 LTCF 居民房间内受污染的高接触表面是病原体广泛传播的潜在来源。
