Studies have also suggests that the bacteria often found colonizing through the ETT or around the cuff, combined with the microorganisms that lie within the polyvinylchloride surface of the ETT forms a biofilm, creating an increase the risk of pathogens being detached from the endotracheal tube and disseminate into the lungs during mechanical ventilation. Bacteria growth on the surface of the ETT biofilm was said to have found pathogens in 95% of patients that undergo mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours (Mietto MD et.al,
Studies have also suggests that the bacteria often found colonizing through the ETT or around the cuff, combined with the microorganisms that lie within the polyvinylchloride surface of the ETT forms a biofilm, creating an increase the risk of pathogens being detached from the endotracheal tube and disseminate into the lungs during mechanical ventilation. Bacteria growth on the surface of the ETT biofilm was said to have found pathogens in 95% of patients that undergo mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours (Mietto MD et.al,