Bacterial strike-through of re-usable surgical drapes: The effect of different wetting agents

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-55

  Blom, A W ^a,d   Gozzard, C ^b   Heal, J ^a   Bowker, K ^a   Estela, C M ^c  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial strike through; Drapes; Wound contamination

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; IODINE; POLYESTER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WETTING AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; EXPERIMENTATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECYCLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WOUND INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BED; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

BACTERIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANTS; HUMANS; IODINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WETTING AGENTS;

EID: 0036729594     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1262     Document Type: Article

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