Effect of different antiseptic skin agents on bacterial contamination of peripheral intravenous catheters in dogs and cats

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/25:00143268

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2754/avb202594040281" target="_blank" >10.2754/avb202594040281</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effect of different antiseptic skin agents on bacterial contamination of peripheral intravenous catheters in dogs and cats

Original language description

This study evaluated the effect of selected antiseptic skin agents (alcohol, chlorhexidine, and their combination) on the level of microbial contamination of peripheral intravenous catheters. Atotal of 83 animals (73 dogs and 10 cats) in which a peripheral intravenous catheter was inserted were evaluated. Prior to insertion, one of the tested antiseptic agents was used to prepare the site of catheter insertion. For each animal, microbiological examination of two skin swabs (taken before and after application of antiseptic skin agent) and a sample from the catheter after it was removed from the vessel was performed and the duration of catheter placement in the vessel was also recorded. Regarding the proportion of positive microbiological culture result, no significant difference was found between the three antiseptic agents in the rate of bacterial contamination of the skin (P = 0.552) or the peripheral intravenous catheter (P = 0.597). The intravenous catheter contamination rate tended to increase with the duration of hospitalization, although this relationship was not significant (P = 0.309). Bacteria isolated from contaminated catheters matched bacteria isolated from the skin of the same animal in one case only. Our results confirm the effectiveness of individual skin antiseptic agents and suggest that contamination of peripheral intravenous catheters occurs primarily from the environment during patient&apos;s hospitalization, rather than as a consequence of insufficient aseptic skin preparation at the site of catheter insertion.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta veterinaria Brno

ISSN

0001-7213

e-ISSN

1801-7576

Volume of the periodical

94

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

281-287

UT code for WoS article

001651916000003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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