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Sepsis due to ECG Electrodes Reusage ?
Hello Dr. Kokil,
This is regarding Sepsis... Recently I had taken ECG @Hospital. They reuse Electrodes... Is there any possiblity of Sepsis, due to reuse of Electrodes.. Since I had few Cystic acne on my chest..Is any injury caused to Acne by reused Electrodes... I ma freaking out....
Please clarify and help me.. .
This is regarding Sepsis... Recently I had taken ECG @Hospital. They reuse Electrodes... Is there any possiblity of Sepsis, due to reuse of Electrodes.. Since I had few Cystic acne on my chest..Is any injury caused to Acne by reused Electrodes... I ma freaking out....
Please clarify and help me.. .
Since I had acne on chest and found some blood traces in Chest after the test were performed.. So It may be possible that, Reused electrodes(might have contaminated with Bacteria) caused bacteria to enter my blood stream via acne. 2.5 weeks over, I am fine....
Hello Dr.Kokil,
Can you please provide some insight on this.
Since I had acn on chest and found some blood traces in Chest after the test
were performed.. So It may be possible that, Reused electrodes(might have contaminated with Bacteria) caused bacteria to enter my blood stream via acne. 2 weeks over, I am fine....
Thank you.
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