Summary
The
New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) Communicable Disease Service (CDS) is
issuing a Health Advisory about multi-jurisdictional clusters of infections due
to Burkholderia multivorans. CDC is working with state and local health
departments to investigate infections due to B. multivorans in multiple
jurisdictions following potential exposure to nonsterile ice and water from ice
machines during clinical care activities. B. multivorans of the same
strain as those identified from clinical isolates has been isolated from
multiple ice machines from two of the affected hospitals across two states.
Clinicians and other healthcare personnel should have a low threshold for
reporting cases and clusters of B. multivorans to local or state public
health authorities as outlined below.
Recommendations for Reporting
Contact Information:
NJDOH Communicable Disease
Service:
·
Claire
Burns-Lynch, Antimicrobial Resistance Response Epidemiologist, NJDOH CDS Email:
Claire.Burns-Lynch@doh.nj.gov
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CDS HAI/AR Unit
Email: DOH.CDS.HAIAR.EPI@doh.nj.gov
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NJDOH
Communicable Disease Service, (609) 826-5964 during business hours
NJDOH Public
Health and Environmental Laboratory:
·
Samuel Markos,
ARLN Coordinator Microbiologist, NJDOH PHEL; Email: Samuel.Markos@doh.nj.gov
·
Abolade Oyelade,
Research Scientist/Program Manager, NJDOH PHEL; Email: Abolade.Oyelade@doh.nj.gov
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