Geburtsh Frauenheilk
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Geburtsh Frauenheilk · Dec 1979
[The bacterial contamination of epidural catheters with areobe and anaerobe germs in obstetrics (author's transl)].
Following anaesthesia the tips of 105 epidural catheters were investigated for aerobe and anaerobe bacteria. In one case aerobe germs (staphycoccus epidermidis) and in three cases anaerobe germs (propioni-bacteria were isolated. ⋯ Even in the face of a clinically uncomplicated course the presence of bacteria on the catheter tip is considered to be a potential risk for infection. As a preventive measure the skin disinfection procedure was changed and the disinfectant is left for sic minutes instead of three minutes.