Incidence of bacterial contamination in infusion set needles

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24791945
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Emergency medicine
Research Institution	The University of Tokushima
Principal Investigator	NAKATAKI Emiko 徳島大学, ヘルスバイオサイエンス研究部, 助教 (60467818)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	カテーテル関連血流感染 / 輸液ライン / 連結針 / 細菌汚染率
Research 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. 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.

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