WHEN THE CHOICE IS MADE TO PROTECT IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS WITH POINT OF USE FILTERS, DO NOT FORGET SOME CRITICAL POINTS.
In a very interesting paper published by the University Hospital of Montpellier (Tracking the spread routes of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens in a haematology unit with water points-of-use protected by antimicrobial filters. Baranovsky S. et al. Journal of Hospital Infection,2018,98,53-59) the confirmation of the necessity to not forget some critical points in the water safety plan is scientifically proven. The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of water filtration in daily practice and to track secondary non-filtered…