Investigating the impact of clinical anaesthetic practice on bacterial contamination of intravenous fluids and drugs
| Autor: | K. Levi, Angela Kearns, Iain K. Moppett, N. Mahida, S. Snape |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Cross Infection medicine.medical_specialty Fluid administration business.industry Syringes General Medicine Odds ratio Contamination Confidence interval Surgery Pharmaceutical Solutions Infectious Diseases Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Anesthesia medicine Equipment Contamination Humans Hand Hygiene Drug Contamination business Anesthetics Intravenous Syringe |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hospital Infection. 90:70-74 |
| ISSN: | 0195-6701 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.11.024 |
| Popis: | Summary 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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