Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
December 2011
Setting: Seven organ/space surgical site infections (SSIs) that occurred after arthroscopic procedures and were due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa of indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns occurred at hospital X in Texas from April 22, 2009, through May 7, 2009.
Objective: To determine the source of the outbreak and prevent future infections.
Design: Infection control observations and a case-control study.