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- The outbreak database includes 1561 records of hospital outbreaks, providing a systematic overview of sources for these infections.
- In 37.1% of cases, no outbreak source was identified.
- The main identified sources of outbreaks were index patients (40.3%), followed by equipment and devices (21.1%), environmental factors (19.8%), and personnel (15.8%).
Article Abstract
The outbreak database (http://www.outbreak-database.com), containing 1561 records of nosocomial outbreaks published in the medical literature in a systematic format, was used to identify the most frequent outbreak sources for the entire database as well as for specific outbreak pathogens. Overall, in 37.1%, no source was identified. The main sources identified were index patients (40.3%), followed by equipment and devices (21.1%), environment (19.8%), and personnel (15.8%).
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