Dialysis drains as a possible source for carbapenem-resistant pathogens causing an ICU outbreak.

Objective Design: We describe a case series of patients colonized with KPC-producing Enterobacteriaceae related to dialysis drains at patient's bedside.

Setting: The study was set at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary referral hospital.

Patients: In March 2016, we discovered four ICU patients to be colonized with KPC-producing Enterobacteriaceae in routine screening.

Monitoring of endoscope reprocessing with an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence method.

The arising challenges over endoscope reprocessing quality proposes to look for possibilities to measure and control the process of endoscope reprocessing. The goal of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of monitoring endoscope reprocessing with an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) based bioluminescence system. 60 samples of eight gastroscopes have been assessed from routine clinical use in a major university hospital in Germany.