Critical steps in instrument cleaning: Removing debris after sonication

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 456-463

  Burkhart, Nancy W ^a   Crawford, James ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BLOOD; DECONTAMINATION; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SONICATION; STERILIZATION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0031113969     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1997.0230     Document Type: Article

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