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- Title
Bacterial contamination of PCA and epidural infusion devices.
- Authors
Rothwell, M.; Pearson, D.; Wright, K.; Barlow, D.
- Abstract
We prospectively audited the bacterial contamination of re-useable analgesia infusion pumps. In a one-month period, 112 samples from the handset and keypads of our analgesia infusion pumps were cultured for bacterial contamination. Forty-five percent of handset swabs and 46% of keypad swabs grew bacteria; the commonest organism being coagulase-negative staphylococcus. An additional cleaning step using 70% isopropyl alcohol wipes was introduced and the contamination rate was re-audited in 100 samples. The contamination rate was reduced to 6% of handset swabs and 4% of keypad swabs. A high initial rate of bacterial contamination of re-useable analgesia infusion pumps was significantly reduced by the implementation of a simple, additional cleaning procedure.
- Subjects
MICROBIAL contamination; ANALGESIA; DRUG infusion pumps; COAGULASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ISOPROPYL alcohol
- Publication
Anaesthesia, 2009, Vol 64, Issue 7, p751
- ISSN
0003-2409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.05914.x