Microbial colonisation of orthopaedic tourniquets: A potential risk for surgical site infection.
Indian J Med Microbiol
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2015 Feb ; 33 (5_Suppl):s115-118
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-157056
ABSTRACT
Pneumatic tourniquets have been used in orthopaedic surgery to get avascular fi elds. Sixteen such tourniquets were analysed for microbial colonisation. Samples were taken from two inner and two outer areas of each tourniquet and cultured on sheep blood agar. Eight of these were wiped with Savlon and the rest with Sterillium solution. Post-treatment samples from the same sites were again cultured. After incubation, colonies from each site were identifi ed and counted. It was observed that the tourniquets were colonised with coagulase-negative staphylococci, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus, diphtheroids, Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, enterococci, enterobacteria, and Candida. On treating with Savlon and Sterillium, there was 92.18% and 95.70% reduction in the colony count, respectively.
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Type of study:
Etiology study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Microbiol
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2015
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