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Is isopropyl alcohol swabbing before injection really necessary?
Author(s) -
Rich Gordon E
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143607.x
Subject(s) - citation , isopropyl alcohol , library science , computer science , medicine , engineering , chemical engineering
Three controlled trials, two of which were randomised, examined the benefit of isopropyl swabbing before injection in preventing subsequent infection. In a randomised single-blind controlled trial, patients ha~img venesection either had their skin prepared with isopropyl alcohol (n=93) or had no skin preparation (n=101).1 There were no statistically significant differences in complications at the venepuncture site between the two groups. The second randomised controlled trial evaluated the effects of skin disinfection with isopropyl alcohol versus no disinfection in patients having intravenous cannuladon. No significant differences were found between the two groups in intraluminal contamination rates, colony counts or organisms isolated)