title: [Risk of infection due to catheter reuse].
abstract: Cardiac catheters assigned for reprocessing revealed only minor bacterial contamination. Random samples taken from reprocessed catheters were sterile and free from pyrogens. Among a total of 461 prospectively surveyed patients, in 16 cases a short increase of temperature up to 37.5 degrees C was observed, which appeared independent from the application of reprocessed catheters. None of the patients developed fever or symptoms of catheter-related infection.
authors.affiliation: Klinikhygiene der Universitätskliniken, Tübingen.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heeg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herz
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kappstein
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Daschner
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D013242:Sterilization
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen zum Infektionsrisiko durch wiederaufbereitete Katheter.