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Scalpel Blade Contamination with Skin Bacteria During Orthopedic and Neurosurgical Procedures in Dogs
Author(s) -
STRAW R. C.,
TOMLINSON JAMES L,
FALES W. H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1987.tb00909.x
Subject(s) - medicine , orthopedic surgery , surgery , skin biopsy , contamination , dissection (medical) , blade (archaeology) , biopsy , pathology , history , ecology , archaeology , biology
Skin incision and internal incision scalpel blades used during 40 clean canine orthopedic or neurologic operations were cultured. A biopsy of skin was taken from the incision edge and cultured aerobically and anaerobically. Culture of five skin blades, eight skin biopsies, and nine deep dissection blades resulted in bacterical growth. Results indicate that the skin blade does not add significantly to bacterial inoculum contaminating clean wounds.