Pyrogenic Reactions Associated With the Reuse of Disposable Hollow-Fiber Hemodialyzers

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 14, 1988, Pages 2077-2081

  Gordon, Steven M ^a   Tipple, Margaret ^a   Bland, Lee A ^a   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYROGEN;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOTOXINS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEVER; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; KIDNEY, ARTIFICIAL; PYROGENS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0023802874     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410140089029     Document Type: Article

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