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Bleeding After Cardiovascular Surgery Caused by Detergent Residues in Laparotomy Sponges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Heinrich K. Geiss ,
Judith Schmitt  and
Stefan C. Frank
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Abstract

On 2 successive days in July 1994, six patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting developed postoperative bleeding requiring reexploration. The cause was the use of reprocessed laparotomy sponges with retained detergents, inducing a bleeding disorder.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 8 , August 1997 , pp. 579 - 581
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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