caa a22 4500 463210387 CHVBK 20180405153138.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00238-006-0092-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00238-006-0092-8 Bacterial growth on adhesive dressing tapes used for the closure of surgical wounds [Elektronische Daten] [S. Lipscombe, A. Juma] Sterile Steri-Strip tape is now commonly used to support sutured closure of skin edges in the operating theatre. This tape is more expensive than non-sterile 3M Micropore tape, which had been used without any evidence of increased wound infections. This prospective clinical trial compared bacterial growth on the two tapes after their application to the intact skin of 21 healthy volunteers from the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department at a District General Hospital. Using an aseptic technique and following chlorhexidine skin preparation, two Steri-Strip adhesive tapes and two measured lengths of 3M Micropore tape were applied to the intact skin of the volunteer's upper arms, then removed after 7days, and cultured on blood agar plates. The mean numbers of colony forming units grown from Micropore tape was 24.07 ± 4.10 and for Steri-Strips 19.77 ± 3.30. Coagulase negative staphylococci and Micrococcus species were the main organisms isolated from the cultures. The plates were blinded to the microbiologist counting the colony forming units with the tapes removed after incubation. No adverse skin reactions were noted for either tape and only one Micropore tape demonstrated loss of adhesion. On the skin of healthy volunteers, there was no significant difference between the bacterial growth on either tape. A clinical trial should now be completed to confirm the results of this study that non-sterile 3M Micropore tape can safely be used for the closure of surgical wounds. Springer-Verlag, 2006 Adhesive dressing tape nationallicence Bacterial growth nationallicence Wound closure nationallicence Lipscombe S. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester, Cheshire, UK aut Juma A. Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Countess of Chester Health Park, Liverpool Road, CH2 1UL, Chester, Cheshire, UK aut European Journal of Plastic Surgery Springer-Verlag 29/5(2007-01-01), 217-220 0930-343X 29:5<217 2007 29 238 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-006-0092-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-006-0092-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lipscombe S. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester, Cheshire, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Juma A. Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Countess of Chester Health Park, Liverpool Road, CH2 1UL, Chester, Cheshire, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Plastic Surgery Springer-Verlag 29/5(2007-01-01), 217-220 0930-343X 29:5<217 2007 29 238 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer