Prevalence of in-use contamination of intravenous infusion in the paediatric wards of lagos university teaching hospital
Date
1992
Authors
Ogunsola, F.T.
Rotimi, V.O.
Adenuga, A.
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Abstract
The prevalence of in-use contamination of intravenous fluids on four paedatric wards (D1-D3 and the children emergency wards) was studied between January and June, 1990. A total of 118 in-use and 20 unused (controls) infusion fluids were studied. Contamination levels were high with 40 out of the 118 (33.3%) infusions contaminated while all the 20 control fluids were consistently sterile. The most isolated organisms were Corynebacterium xerosis and Bacillus subtils which from 24 out of 40 (60%) contaminated infusions, Gram-negative bacilli such as Klebsiella aeroqenes, Aerugina and Proteus mirabilis made up the remaining 40% (16 out of 40). Fourteen out of 16 (87.5%) of gram-negative isolates were isolated from ward D1 (Neonatal ward for neonates born outside the hospital). Contributory factors to the high contamination rates were found to be associated with duration of continuous infusion, use of burrettes and ward D1. On the other hand, additives did significantly correlate with contamination rates.
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Staff publications
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Children , Paediatric wards , Corynebacterium xerosis , Organisms , Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE::Microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases
Citation
Ogunsola, F.T, Rotimi, V.O. and Adenuga, A. (1992). Prevalence of In-use Contamination of Intravenous Infusions in the Paediatric Wards of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Nig Med. Pract., 24:7-11