The prevalence of bacterial contamination of surgical cold sterile solutions from community companion animal veterinary practices in southern Ontario.
Surgical cold sterile solutions are commonly used in veterinary practice, yet sterility cannot be verified under practical clinical conditions. Surgical cold sterile solutions were sampled and bacteria, including opportunistic pathogens, were recovered from 13% of the sampled solutions. Attempts to sterilize surgical instruments with cold sterile solutions should be avoided.
Murphy
Colleen P
CP
Departments of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. cmurph02@uoguelph.ca
Weese
J Scott
JS
Reid-Smith
Richard J
RJ
McEwen
Scott A
SA
D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D004340:Drug Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D006920:Hygiene; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013522:Surgery, Veterinary / Q000295:instrumentation*
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