Evaluation of donor arm disinfection techniques

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 135-141

  McDonald, C P ^a   Lowe, P ^a   Roy, A ^a   Robbins, S ^a   Hartley, S ^a   Harrison, J F ^a   Slopecki, A ^b   Verlander, N ^c   Barbara, J A J ^a  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b National Blood Authority   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arm cleansing; Bacteria; Disinfection

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; IODINE; IODOPHOR;

ARM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD DONOR; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISINFECTION; EVALUATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

2-PROPANOL; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ARM; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INFECTION CONTROL; PHLEBOTOMY; POVIDONE-IODINE; SKIN;

EID: 0035323770     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2001.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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