Emergency ward ultrasound: clinical audit on disinfection practices during routine and sterile examinations

Table 2 Compliance rates for sheath integrity after an ultrasound-guided invasive procedure

Checking the integrity of the protective sheath (n = 51)	Correct answer	n answered	n correct	%
By visually inspecting for:
A tear or a hole on the sheath	YES	51	9	18
Blood or body fluids contamination on the probe or on the dry paper used to remove gel	YES	49	12	25
If one of these methods identifies a risk of probe contamination:
Existence of a specific disinfection procedure (intermediate level)?	YES	51	5	10
Probe intermediate level of disinfection: Immersion in a disinfectant solution?	YES	51	0	0

Those compliance rates were not included in the overall compliance rates of the questionnaire shown in Table 1

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