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Acute cutaneous complications and catheter needle colonization during insulin-pump treatment.
- Source :
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Diabetes care [Diabetes Care] 1987 Jul-Aug; Vol. 10 (4), pp. 478-82. - Publication Year :
- 1987
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Abstract
- Forty unselected type I (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with insulin pumps were examined three times for cutaneous complications and bacterial colonization of their subcutaneous catheter needles. Fifty-eight of the 120 needles were contaminated, 42 of them with Staphylococcus epidermis. Cutaneous complications, i.e, erythema of greater than or equal to 1-mm diam at the needle-insertion site, were seen with similar frequency. Significantly fewer (P less than .001) cutaneous complications and contaminated needles were found when a disinfectant was sprayed on the skin before insertion of the needle. The results indicate that infection along the indwelling subcutaneous needle contributes substantially to cutaneous complications during continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion and that these complications can successfully be prevented by appropriate antiseptic measures.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Dermatitis etiology
Disinfection
Equipment Contamination
Erythema etiology
Female
Humans
Male
Skin Diseases prevention & control
Staphylococcal Skin Infections etiology
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 drug therapy
Insulin Infusion Systems adverse effects
Skin Diseases etiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0149-5992
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Diabetes care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 3622204
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.10.4.478