Microbiologic assessment of the transabdominal ultrasound transducer head

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 503-504

  Patterson, Stacy L ^a   Monga, Manju ^a   Silva, Jeannie B ^a   Bishop, Karen D ^a   Blanco, Jorge D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SKIN FLORA; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ABDOMEN; AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029990422     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199605000-00011     Document Type: Article

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