State of (b)(6) notified hfh team of an ndm (new delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1) producing e.Coli strain in one of our inpatients that matched the strain of another patient tested at different facility in july.In investigating, the other patient was a previous patient at hfh as well hfh team started investigating the week of 9/27.Worked with the lab to see if this organism was identified in any other patients at hfh.Three other hfh patients identified with ndm producing e.Coli.Chart reviews began to find any commonalities between the five patients.One of the commonalities discovered was that all patients had an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp).One ercp scope appeared to be common; scope sequestered; updated state of (b)(6) team; requested that the other three isolates be sequenced by the state.
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