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The Risk of Infection Associated With Epidural Analgesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kathy Brooks ,
Chris Pasero ,
Lex Hubbard  and
Raymond H Coghlan
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Abstract

Four infections were identified among 4,832 patients receiving epidural analgesia (an attack rate of 0.08%). The infections involved cesarean-section patients and occurred within a 9-month period. Findings suggest that the risk of infection is decreased by maintaining a closed system for the duration of the analgesia course.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 12 , December 1995 , pp. 725 - 726
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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