Healthcare equipment as a source of nosocomial infection: a systematic review

Cleaned, Ready-to-Use, Reusable Electrocardiographic Lead Wires as a Source of Pathogenic Microorganisms

“…A systematic review 12 of the literature on MRsA in hospital-based studies of health care workers indicated that workers on a general unit had a higher prevalence of MRsA than did health care workers in an ICU and health care providers in an OR had a lower prevalence than did workers in the ICU. In a review by schabrun and Chipchase 13 of 23 studies, the pooled mean of the level of bacterial contamination of health care equipment was 86.6% of all sampled equipment (stethoscope membranes and ear tips, otoscopes, auriscopes, diagnostic ultrasound equipment, and inferential therapy equipment), tested in a variety of environments. In a study 8 of contamination of medical charts in a surgical ICU and a surgical unit, the surgical ICU had more charts with pathogenic or potentially pathogenic bacteria (90% vs 72%; P = .002).…”

Distribution Characteristics of Airborne Bacteria and Fungi in the General Hospitals of Korea

“…Their pathogenicity is transmitted directly from infected persons or by inhalation of infective aerosol generated from the hospital 10) . The levels of nosocomial pathogens in the air of hospital increase due to dirtiness of air ducts by operation of the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system without its regular replacement 11) , organic materials such as food, flower and fruit derived from outdoor environment by visitors and contamination of the interior structures by oldness of hospital 12) .…”

Disposable versus Reusable Blood Pressure Cuffs: A Nursing Led Initiative

“…Schabrun and Chipchase [3] identified 50 studies during a systematic review that sought to determine if healthcare equipment was a source of nosconomial infection. Twenty-seven of the studies were excluded and of the 23 remaining studies 11 examined levels of contamination and 12 measured the direct effect of cleaning agents.…”