ABSTRACT
A study on the contamination of antiseptics was done in a teaching hospital, during March and April 1989. Ninety-five samples of 9 antiseptics from 23 wards were cultured. Results showed that 2 of 12 and 3 of 5 samples of mercurochrome and chlorhexidine-cetrimide compound were contaminated. This led to a wider scale study on the two products. It was found that over one-half of the samples of mercurochrome and 6 of 54 samples of chlorhexidine-etrimide compound were contaminated. Mercurochrome was contaminated by gram-positive and chlorhexidine-cetrimide compound by gram-negative bacteria. Contamination of mercurochrome was found in samples taken from the pharmacy and wards, and of chlorhexidine-cetrimide compound from wards only. Mercurochrome was removed from the hospital formulary and the use of chlorhexidine-cetrimide compound was more restricted.
Subject(s)
Anti-Infective Agents, Local/standards , Cetrimonium Compounds/standards , Chlorhexidine/standards , Drug Combinations , Drug Contamination , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Hospitals, Teaching , Humans , Infection Control/standards , Merbromin/standardsABSTRACT
Se ensayó una técnica estandarizada para la evaluación de algunas soluciones desinfectantes y antisépticas en uso en 4 hospitales de Ciudad de la Habana. Se evaluaron 1 445 muestras de las cuales el 33 % fueron no satisfactorias. Se conocieron algunos incumplimientos de normas y se relacionó la significancia entre las soluciones con contaminaciones microbianas y las concentaciones inadecuadas