Preventing intravenous bag contamination

Preventing Contamination of Portable Computers.

In-use contamination of intravenous infusion fluid.

During the 1970 to 1971 nationwide epidemic of septicemias caused by Enterobacter cloacae and Enterobacter agglomerans traced to intrinsic contamination of Abbott intravenous infusion products, 94 infusion systems manufactured by Baxter Laboratories were studied microbiologically and epidemiologically during hospital use. Intravenous fluid from 10 systems (11%) contained microorganisms, usually...

Intravenous catheter blood cultures: utility and contamination.

OBJECTIVE In pediatrics, blood cultures (BCs) are often drawn as intravenous (IV) catheters are placed. This routine minimizes the number of painful and often difficult punctures a child must undergo but results in the discarding of multiple BC bottles when these cultures are later determined to be unnecessary. If the contamination rate of BCs drawn through an indwelling IV did not exceed the c...

Investigating The Role of Helium Bag On Electron Contamination Removal Using Beam NRC

  Introduction: Several studies have discussed to the electron contamination caused by the air column between the head of linac and patient for photon beams. Since it is not possible to measure the electron contamination with practical dosimetry, the Monte Carlo technique is an appropriate and accurate choice to calculate particle flounce in radiation therapy. The purpose of t...

Preventing PCR amplification carryover contamination in a clinical laboratory.

During the past two decades PCR and several other DNA/RNA amplification techniques have become important diagnostic tools in clinical laboratories. Amplification products contamination has been the main impediment to using these techniques routinely in diagnostic laboratories. Over the years, several creative pre- and post-amplification methods have been developed that prevent amplicon carryove...