Comparison of Dental Water Quality Management Procedures

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1235-1243

  Murdochkinch, Carol Anne ^a   Andrews, Nancy L ^a   Atwan, Salwa ^a   Jude, Rick ^a   Gleason, Michael J ^a   Molinari, John A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYRINGE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MAINTENANCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SYRINGES; TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031230565     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1997.0400     Document Type: Article

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