Researchers tracked the timing of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections caused by gram negative bacteria in both inpatients and outpatients. They found an increase in such infections during the summer months in the outpatient group.
The main source of infections was an intravascular device, according to the study.
Researchers suggest that educating outpatients on possible infection risk factors as well as advising them to keep cool might lower infection rates, though the immediate cause of elevated infection rates among summer outpatients was not clear.
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