[Risk of infection due to catheter reuse].
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.
Heeg
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Klinikhygiene der Universitätskliniken, Tübingen.
Herz
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L
Frank
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U
Kappstein
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Daschner
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F
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D013242:Sterilization
Untersuchungen zum Infektionsrisiko durch wiederaufbereitete Katheter.