Acinetobacter baumannii and MRSA contamination on reusable phlebotomy tourniquets.
OBJECTIVE: A study was undertaken to determine the incidence of Acinetobacter baumannii and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination on reusable phlebotomy tourniquets at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX. DESIGN: Reusable tourniquets (n=200) were collected after...
| Publicado en: | Clinical Laboratory Science Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 151 - 157 |
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American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
Summer2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105072077&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105072077 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0894959X IKL jtl: Clinical Laboratory Science issn: 0894959X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Summer2010 vid: 23 iid: 3 pid: 13703 pub: American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science place: Dundee, Michigan artinfo: ui: 105072077 105072077 2010736462 10.29074/ascls.23.3.151 NLM20734887 105072077 ppf: 151 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Acinetobacter baumannii and MRSA contamination on reusable phlebotomy tourniquets. aug: au: Hensley DM Krauland KJ McGlasson DL affil: 59th Clinical Research Division, Lackland AFB, TX 78236-9908; donna.hensley@lackland.af.mil sug: subj: Cross Infection Etiology Equipment Contamination Gram-Negative Bacteria Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Phlebotomy Tourniquets Descriptive Statistics Equipment Reuse Human Incidence Inpatients Microbiological Techniques Outpatients Prospective Studies ab: OBJECTIVE: A study was undertaken to determine the incidence of Acinetobacter baumannii and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination on reusable phlebotomy tourniquets at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX. DESIGN: Reusable tourniquets (n=200) were collected after being used for one day in the outpatient blood collection center (n=100) or during morning blood collection rounds on inpatient wards (n=100). Tourniquets were cultured and growth was screened for A. baumannii and S. aureus. A. baumannii isolates were identified using colonial morphology, oxidase, and GNI+ card on Vitek Legacy. S. aureus isolates were identified and screened for MRSA using colonial morphology, catalase, Staphaurex, and Oxacillin screening agar. RESULTS: Each outpatient tourniquet was used on an average of 33 patients and each inpatient tourniquet was used on an average of 11 patients. The overall contamination rate was 9% (18/200). A. baumannii was isolated from 11% (11/100) of the outpatient tourniquets and 3% (3/100) of the inpatient tourniquets. Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus was isolated from 2% (2/100) of the outpatient tourniquets and 3% (31100) of the inpatient tourniquets. No MRSA was isolated. One outpatient tourniquet had both A. baumannii and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus. CONCLUSIONS: Reusable tourniquets could serve as a potential reservoir for bacterial pathogens. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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