Bacterial contamination of dental chair units in a modern dental hospital caused by leakage from suction system hoses containing extensive biofilm

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 348-360

  O'Donnell, M J ^a   Tuttlebee, C M ^a   Falkiner, F R ^b   Coleman, D C ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Department of Paediatric Surgery   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Dental chair unit; DNA fingerprinting; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Serotyping; Suction system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BIOFILMS; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; IRELAND; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SUCTION;

EID: 14744305952     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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