SUCTION TIP CONTAMINATION IN THE ULTRACLEAN-AIR OPERATING-THEATER

Authors
ROBINSON AHN DREW S ANDERSON J BENTLEY G RIDGWAY GL
Citation
Ahn. Robinson et al., SUCTION TIP CONTAMINATION IN THE ULTRACLEAN-AIR OPERATING-THEATER, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 75(4), 1993, pp. 254-256
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358843
Volume
75
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
254 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8843(1993)75:4<254:STCITU>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The surgical suction tip forms a reservoir for microorganisms during t otal hip replacement in conventional operating theatres. We assessed t he colonisation of the tip in an ultraclean-air operating theatre in 3 9 patients, and found that 41% of them had evidence of bacterial colon isation with one or more bacteria. To avoid contamination we suggest t hat the suction tip is changed before preparation of the femoral canal and insertion of cement and prosthesis.