Investigating the impact of clinical anaesthetic practice on bacterial contamination of intravenous fluids and drugs.
J Hosp Infect
; 90(1): 70-4, 2015 May.
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| ID: mdl-25648939
ABSTRACT
Syringes (N = 426), ventilator machine swabs (N = 202) and intravenous (IV) fluid administration sets (N = 47) from 101 surgical cases were evaluated for bacterial contamination. Cultures from the external surface of syringe tips and syringe contents were positive in 46% and 15% of cases, respectively. The same bacterial species was cultured from both ventilator and syringe in 13% of cases, and was also detected in the IV fluid administration set in two cases. A significant association was found between emergency cases and contaminated syringes (odds ratio 4.5, 95% confidence interval 1.37-14.8; P = 0.01). Other risk factors included not using gloves and failure to cap syringes.
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Assunto principal:
Seringas
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Contaminação de Medicamentos
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Contaminação de Equipamentos
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Anestésicos Intravenosos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article