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    Mycobacterium avium pseudo-outbreak associated with an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic: Lessons for reprocessing.
    (Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2019-01) Seidelman, Jessica L; Wallace, Richard J; Iakhiaeva, Elena; Vasireddy, Ravikiran; Brown-Elliott, Barbara A; McKnight, Celeste; Chen, Luke F; Smith, Terry; Lewis, Sarah S
    We identified a pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium avium in an outpatient bronchoscopy clinic following an increase in clinic procedure volume. We terminated the pseudo-outbreak by increasing the frequency of automated endoscope reprocessors (AER) filter changes from quarterly to monthly. Filter changing schedules should depend on use rather than fixed time intervals.