Hospital outbreak of NDM-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a surgical intensive care unit: sink traps as the causing source of epidemic strain resurgence.

We report the management of a New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a surgical intensive care unit over 1 year. NDM-producing Enterobacterales were isolated from sink traps. The installation of new sink traps closed the outbreak.

Epidemiological and bacteriological trends from 2013 to 2023 of carbapenemase-producing enterobacterales (CPE) in a French university hospital: A permanent risk of outbreak.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology and bacteriological trends of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) at Nantes University Hospital from 2013 to 2023.

Methods: Potential CPE carriers were prospectively detected, and their contacts were systematically screened for CPE digestive colonization. A retrospective study was conducted from 2013 to 2023 (on patient characteristics) and from 2016 to 2023 (on CPE characteristics).

[Evaluation of a telephone hotline for a university hospital's operational hygiene team].

Hotlines are remote systems that provide a direct link with professionals and rapid answers to their questions. In 2023, the hygiene operations team at Nantes University Hospital carried out an evaluation of its system five years after its introduction, involving 727 professionals. They were satisfied with the time and quality of the service provided, as well as with the scientific input received.

Radiotracers for the Central Serotoninergic System.

This review lists the most important radiotracers described so far for imaging the central serotoninergic system. Single-photon emission computed tomography and positron emission tomography radiotracers are reviewed and critically discussed for each receptor.