title: Incidence of bacterial contamination in infusion set needles.
abstract: We examined the incidence and types of bacterial contamination in 265 infusion set needles in adult critically ill patients. Bacterial contamination was detected in 15 samples (5.7%), and a total of 17 organisms were isolated. Ten were coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) and Staphylococcus aureus, and the remainder were α-Streptococcus, Corynebacterium, and gram-negative rods. Although the contamination was not directly related to catheter-related bloodstream infections exchanging infusion bottles can cause intraluminal contamination and is a possible route of these infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan. nakatakiemiko@gmail.com
authors.forename: Emiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nakataki
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oto
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsunano
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imanaka
authors.forename: Masaji
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009339:Needles / Q000382:microbiology*