Bacterial growth in secretions and on suctioning equipment of orally intubated patients: A pilot study

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-149

  Sole, Mary Lou ^a   Poalillo, F Elizabeth ^a   Byers, Jacqueline F ^a   Ludy, Jeffery E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM; SUCTION;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PILOT PROJECTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; SUCTION;

EID: 0036517418     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2002.11.2.141     Document Type: Article

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