In-Use Contamination of Intravenous Infusion Fluid
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied Microbiology
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0003-6919
DOI: 10.1128/am.28.5.778-784.1974