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Containment of a Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outbreak Associated With an Acute Care Hospital Sink—Tennessee, 2018–2020

Containment of a Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa... BackgroundContaminated healthcare facility wastewater plumbing is recognized as a source of carbapenemase-producing organism transmission. In August 2019, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) identified a patient colonized with Verona integron-encoded metallo-beta-lactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (VIM-CRPA). A record review revealed that 33% (4 of 12) of all reported patients in Tennessee with VIM had history of prior admission to acute care hospital (ACH) A intensive care unit (ICU) Room X, prompting further investigation.MethodsA case was defined as polymerase chain reaction detection of blaVIM in a patient with prior admission to ACH A from November 2017 to November 2020. The TDH performed point prevalence surveys, discharge screening, onsite observations, and environmental testing at ACH A. The VIM-CRPA isolates underwent whole-genome sequencing (WGS).ResultsIn a screening of 44% (n = 11) of 25 patients admitted to Room X between January and June 2020, we identified 36% (n = 4) colonized with VIM-CRPA, resulting in 8 cases associated with Room X from March 2018 to June 2020. No additional cases were identified in 2 point-prevalence surveys of the ACH A ICU. Samples from the bathroom and handwashing sink drains in Room X grew VIM-CRPA; all available case and environmental isolates were found to be ST253 harboring blaVIM-1 and to be closely related by WGS. Transmission ended after implementation of intensive water management and infection control interventions.ConclusionsA single ICU room's contaminated drains were associated with 8 VIM-CRPA cases over a 2-year period. This outbreak highlights the need to include wastewater plumbing in hospital water management plans to mitigate the risk of transmission of antibiotic-resistant organisms to patients. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Open Forum Infectious Diseases Oxford University Press

Containment of a Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outbreak Associated With an Acute Care Hospital Sink—Tennessee, 2018–2020

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BackgroundContaminated healthcare facility wastewater plumbing is recognized as a source of carbapenemase-producing organism transmission. In August 2019, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) identified a patient colonized with Verona integron-encoded metallo-beta-lactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (VIM-CRPA). A record review revealed that 33% (4 of 12) of all reported patients in Tennessee with VIM had history of prior admission to acute care hospital (ACH) A intensive care unit (ICU) Room X, prompting further investigation.MethodsA case was defined as polymerase chain reaction detection of blaVIM in a patient with prior admission to ACH A from November 2017 to November 2020. The TDH performed point prevalence surveys, discharge screening, onsite observations, and environmental testing at ACH A. The VIM-CRPA isolates underwent whole-genome sequencing (WGS).ResultsIn a screening of 44% (n = 11) of 25 patients admitted to Room X between January and June 2020, we identified 36% (n = 4) colonized with VIM-CRPA, resulting in 8 cases associated with Room X from March 2018 to June 2020. No additional cases were identified in 2 point-prevalence surveys of the ACH A ICU. Samples from the bathroom and handwashing sink drains in Room X grew VIM-CRPA; all available case and environmental isolates were found to be ST253 harboring blaVIM-1 and to be closely related by WGS. Transmission ended after implementation of intensive water management and infection control interventions.ConclusionsA single ICU room's contaminated drains were associated with 8 VIM-CRPA cases over a 2-year period. This outbreak highlights the need to include wastewater plumbing in hospital water management plans to mitigate the risk of transmission of antibiotic-resistant organisms to patients.

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Open Forum Infectious Diseases – Oxford University Press

Published: Apr 11, 2023

Keywords: carbapenem-resistant; carbapenemase; healthcare-associated infections; opportunistic pathogens of premise plumbing; outbreak

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