Stockinette application over a non-prepped foot risks proximal contamination.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-2014
Abstract
This study sought to determine if there was an increased risk for surgical site contamination during stockinette application for a lower extremity surgery draping technique. Utilizing a simulated, sterile surgical field, stockinettes were applied over 10 cadaver lower extremities that were contaminated with non-pathogenic Escherichia coli on the foot. Of those, five specimens were then disinfected with Chloroprep and another 5 did not undergo any disinfection. All the specimens in which the stockinette was applied over a non-prepped foot showed proximal contamination. No contamination occurred in any of the specimens where the foot was disinfected. Stockinette can be a source of surgical site contamination when placed over a non-prepared foot.
Volume
29
Issue
9
First Page
1819
Last Page
1822
ISSN
1532-8406
Published In/Presented At
Marvil, S. C., Tiedeken, N. C., Hampton, D. M., Kwok, S. C., Samuel, S. P., & Sweitzer, B. A. (2014). Stockinette application over a non-prepped foot risks proximal contamination. The Journal of arthroplasty, 29(9), 1819–1822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2014.04.031
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
24891004
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article