A threshold of 100 or more colony-forming units on the anesthesia machine predicts bacterial pathogen detection: a retrospective laboratory-based analysis.

Franklin DexterKaitlin M WalkerCarmen Troncoso BrindeiroChase P LoftusCornelie C L BanguidRandy W Loftus

Published in: Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie (2024)

Anesthesia machine reservoir samples returning < 100 CFU were associated with negligible pathogen detection. This threshold can be used for assessment of terminal, routine, and between-case cleaning of the anesthesia machine and equipment. Such feedback may be useful because the 44% prevalence of ≥ 100 CFU was comparable to the 46% (25/54) reported earlier from an unrelated hospital.

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