[Prevention of catheter and endoscope related infection].
Catheters such as venous catheters (e. g., peripheral venous catheters and central venous catheters), epidural catheters and the urethral catheters, as well as endoscopes such as bronchoscopes and transesophageal echo probes are the medical equipments indispensable in medical practice for the anesthesiologists. Although such equipments are necessary for patients, these use may cause infectious complications. Even infectious complication associated with these equipments is rare, it may put patients at risk of death or increased medical costs. It is necessary to use these devices with enough knowledge of the infectious complication that is critical in their use. Several guidelines for prevention of catheter and endoscope related infection from Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and each academic society are published and opened to the public on the WEB. To prevent infectious complication due to these equipments, it is most important to make the manual in each institution referring to these guidelines according to the characteristic of each institution, and to execute it diligently.
Nishioka
Kengo
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Department of Anesthesia, Chuden Hospital, Hiroshima.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004203:Disinfection; D019723:Endoscopes / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic