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How do they avoid bacteria from going up a shunt to the brain?
by sizzle 5y ago
How do they avoid bacteria from going up a shunt to the brain?
- serf 5y agoI thought that was an interesting question as a layman. I found this, which I thought was an interesting read. [0] [0]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/shunt-infection https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/...
- jac241 5y agoYeah sterile technique has to be meticulous in shunt cases. There’s evidence that the number of people scrubbed into the case influences the shunt infection rate so students like me occasionally would not be permitted to scrub.
- jac241 5y agoThere’s generally no bacteria outside of the food tube though it certainly could happen the way you describe if there happened to be.