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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2000, p. 4665-4667, Vol. 38, No. 12
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Comparison of Iodophor and Alcohol Pledgets with the Medi-Flex Blood Culture Prep Kit II for Preventing Contamination of Blood Cultures

Michael L. Wilson,1,2,* Melvin P. Weinstein,3,4,5 Stanley Mirrett,6 Larry G. Reimer,7,8 Cha Fernando,5 Frances T. Meredith,6 and L. Barth Reller6,9,10

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services, Denver Health Medical Center,1 and Department of Pathology,2 University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital,3 and Departments of Pathology4 and Medicine,5 Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina6; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center,7 and Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine,8 Salt Lake City, Utah; and Departments of Pathology9 and Medicine,10 Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

Received 31 May 2000/Returned for modification 7 August 2000/Accepted 29 September 2000

Iodophor and alcohol pledgets were compared with the Medi-Flex Prep Kit II for skin disinfection before venipuncture. Of 12,367 blood cultures collected, 6,362 were done with conventional pledgets and 6,005 were done with Medi-Flex kits. Contamination occurred in 351 of 6,362 blood cultures (5.5%; range, 3.7 to 8.1%) with conventional pledgets versus 328 of 6,005 (5.5%; range, 3.5 to 7.5%) with Medi-Flex kits.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services, Denver Health Medical Center, Mail Code #0224, 777 Bannock, Denver, CO 80204-4507. Phone: (303) 436-6434. Fax: (303) 436-6420. E-mail: mwilson{at}dhha.org.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2000, p. 4665-4667, Vol. 38, No. 12
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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