Investigating the impact of clinical anaesthetic practice on bacterial contamination of intravenous fluids and drugs

N. Mahida; K. Levi; A. Kearns; S. Snape; I. Moppett

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2014.11.024

Investigating the impact of clinical anaesthetic practice on bacterial contamination of intravenous fluids and drugs

N. Mahida^*, K. Levi, A. Kearns, S. Snape, I. Moppett

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	70-74
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	90
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2014.11.024
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2015

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Keywords

Anaesthesia
Intravenous fluids
Surgery
Syringe

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