Does transfer of multidrug-resistant bacteria to healthcare workers ' gloves and gowns after patient contact increase with environmental contamination?
The contamination of healthcare workers' protective clothing during routine care of patients with multidrug-resistant organisms is most frequent with A. baumannii. Environmental contamination was the major determinant of transmission to healthcare workers' gloves or gowns. Compliance with contact precautions and more aggressive environmental cleaning may decrease transmission.
Inadequate protection of the right ventricle associated with the use of retrograde warm blood cardioplegia does not appear to be a clinically founded concern since this technique preserves right ventricular function to the same extent as conventional antegrade cold cardioplegia does.