[The bacterial contamination of epidural catheters with areobe and anaerobe germs in obstetrics (author's transl)].
Following anaesthesia the tips of 105 epidural catheters were investigated for aerobe and anaerobe bacteria. In one case aerobe germs (staphycoccus epidermidis) and in three cases anaerobe germs (propioni-bacteria were isolated. In two further cases aerobic growth was suspected but not confirmed in sub-cultures. The contamination rate was therefore 0.9% aerobe and 4.8% by anaerobe bacteria. Even in the face of a clinically uncomplicated course the presence of bacteria on the catheter tip is considered to be a potential risk for infection. As a preventive measure the skin disinfection procedure was changed and the disinfectant is left for sic minutes instead of three minutes.
D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000295:instrumentation; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004203:Disinfection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011424:Propionibacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification
Die bakterielle Kontamination von Epidural-Kathetern mit aeroben und anaeroben Keimen in der Geburtshilfe.