Comparison of iodophor and alcohol pledgets with the Medi-Flex blood culture Prep Kit II for preventing contamination of blood cultures

Authors
Wilson, ML Weinstein, MP Mirrett, S Reimer, LG Fernando, C Meredith, FT Reller, LB
Citation
Ml. Wilson et al., Comparison of iodophor and alcohol pledgets with the Medi-Flex blood culture Prep Kit II for preventing contamination of blood cultures, J CLIN MICR, 38(12), 2000, pp. 4665-4667
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4665 - 4667
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200012)38:12<4665:COIAAP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Iodophor and alcohol pledgets were compared with the Medi-Flex Prep Kit II for skin disinfection before venipuncture. Of 12,367 blood cultures collect ed, 6,362 were done,vith conventional pledgets and 6,005 were done with Med i-Flex kits. Contamination occurred in 351 of 6,362 blood cultures (5.5%; r ange, 3.7 to 8.1%) with conventional pledgets versus 328 of 6,005 (5.5%; ra nge, 3.5 to 7.5%) with Medi-Flex kits.