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| Baniasadi,Shadi; Dorudinia,Atosa; Mobarhan,Mandana; Gamishan,Masoumeh Karimi; Fahimi,Fanak. |
| OBJECTIVES: Intravenous therapy is a complex procedure usually requiring the preparation of the medication in the clinical area before administration to the patient. Breaches in aseptic technique may result in microbial contaminations of vials which is a potential cause of different avoidable infections. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and pattern of microbial contamination of single- and multiple-dose vials in the largest pulmonary teaching hospital in Iran. METHODS: In a period of 2 months, opened single- and multiple-dose vials from different wards were sampled by a pharmacist. The name of the medication, ward, labeling of the vials, the date of opening, and storing temperature were recorded for each vial. Remained contents of each vial were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hospital; Infection control; Injection; Intravenous. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000100011 |
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