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Point-of-use water filtration reduces healthcare-associated infections in bone marrow transplant recipients
Transplant Infectious Disease, 10/07/09

Cervia JS et al. – Point–of–use (POU) water filtration may significantly reduce infection rates in BMT recipients in the absence of any recognized outbreak.

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Joseph S. Cervia, 10/07/09

Potable hospital tap water is more frequently being recognized as a source of preventable healthcare-associated infections. It has previously been demonstrated that filtering water with 0.2 micron filters may protect patients from exposure to infectious pathogens, such as Legionella and Pseudomonas in the setting of an ourtbreak. This study demonstrates the efficacy of point-of-use water filtration in reducing infection rates in bone marrow transplant recipients in the absence on any recognized ouutbreak.

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