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Shall We Get Blood Infection Through Uncleaned Iv Port?

I was in the hospital two days ago for an emergency lap chole. During my stay, I had a nurse administer IV medication twice to me thru my IV without cleaning the port with alcohol. I received clindamycin before the surgery as well as several doses after. I also received one dose of IV Levaquin. My concern is getting some type of blood infection as a result of medication being given thru an IV port not cleaned. Do you have any thoughts on this area?
Fri, 20 Jun 2014
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Its a good practice to give the iv medication only after cleaning the port of iv set with alcohol & it is always advisable.
But if at all the medication was given through the port withot cleaning, nothing to woerry about it. It is not at all going to cause any infection in blood as the chances of such infection are very very low & if at all by chance the infection is introduced in our body, it will be cleared by our immunity. So do not think much abou it it wont cause any problem.
Further more for your satisfaction you can keep a watch wheather you catch the fever, chills etc which are suggestive of the infections.
But my pesonal experience is that it is not going to cause any problem to you.
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Shall We Get Blood Infection Through Uncleaned Iv Port?

Its a good practice to give the iv medication only after cleaning the port of iv set with alcohol & it is always advisable. But if at all the medication was given through the port withot cleaning, nothing to woerry about it. It is not at all going to cause any infection in blood as the chances of such infection are very very low & if at all by chance the infection is introduced in our body, it will be cleared by our immunity. So do not think much abou it it wont cause any problem. Further more for your satisfaction you can keep a watch wheather you catch the fever, chills etc which are suggestive of the infections. But my pesonal experience is that it is not going to cause any problem to you.