Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in a dialysis unit

Dialysis Reactions

“…Reprocessing involves rinsing, cleaning, testing, and sterilizing dialyzers, and bacterial contamination can occur at any step. Indeed, PR due to reprocessing have been attributed to improper disinfection procedures (101,102,103), inadequate potency of the solution used to disinfect the dialyzer (102,103,104,106) and inadequate measures to disinfect the O-rings of dialyzers with removable headers (107) ( Table 1). In a recent survey by the CDC, the incidence of PR in the absence of septicemia was reported by 19% of US dialysis centers (61).…”

Disinfectants in Dialysis: Dangers, Drawbacks and Disinformation

“…Many infections [16,35] can be attributed to the use of quaternary ammonium compounds and amphoteric sur factants. Here too the shortcoming became obvious only after optimization of the inactivation systems and espe cially by carrying out practice-oriented tests.…”