Minimising the risk of prion transmission by contact tonometry

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1360-1362

  Amin, S Z ^a   Smith, L ^b   Luthert, P J ^a   Cheetham, M E ^a   Buckley, R J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

DECONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; PRION DISEASES;

EID: 0345305817     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.11.1360     Document Type: Article

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