Water-borne contamination of intrauterine pressure transducers.
Internal intrapartum fetal monitoring has been implicated as a source of maternal and fetal sepsis. We report water-borne contamination of a component of the intrauterine pressure transducer and suggest that this may be a potential source of nosocomial infection.
D000421:Alcaligenes; D001407:Bacillus; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005417:Flavobacterium; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011312:Pressure; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000209:etiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D014159:Transducers; D014599:Uterus; D014871:Water Microbiology