A bridge over troubled water: reverse osmosis to maintain patient care in a boil water notice.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Department of Internal Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA.

Published: January 2025

A citywide boil water notice necessitated an alternative solution for treating contaminated water. We report our experience using portable reverse osmosis machines to treat the municipal water to provide purified water to patient care areas where non-sterile water was needed, preventing interruptions in services like elective surgeries.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.3DOI Listing

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