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  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Infectious Disease Control

Background:

  • Disasters can cause critical shortages of life-saving medical equipment.
  • Sharing ventilators among multiple patients is a potential strategy during mass casualty events.
  • Previous studies suggested one ventilator could support multiple sheep.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the risk of cross-contamination between patients on a shared ventilator.
  • To assess the efficacy of antimicrobial filters in preventing pathogen transmission.

Main Methods:

  • A multipatient ventilator circuit with four simulated patients was assembled.
  • Antimicrobial filters were placed on each expiratory limb.
  • Patient-Lung 1 was inoculated with *Serratia marcescens*, and the circuit ran for 24 hours.
  • Cultures were taken from simulated patients and tubing to check for bacterial growth.

Main Results:

  • No growth of *Serratia marcescens* was detected in simulated patients 2, 3, or 4.
  • Cultures from the expiratory tubing, connector, and prefilter also showed no bacterial growth.
  • This indicates no cross-contamination occurred between the simulated patients.

Conclusions:

  • Sharing a single ventilator among four individuals for 24 hours is plausible with the tested circuit configuration.
  • Antimicrobial filters appear effective in preventing cross-contamination.
  • This strategy could be vital in resource-limited disaster scenarios.