Hospital bacteria outbreak linked to nasal spray
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Infection control researchers investigating a rare bacterial outbreak of Burholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) identified contaminated nasal spray as the root cause of the infections, leading to a national recall of the product. A new article describes how researchers were able to trace the outbreak back to the nasal decongestant spray.
