Microbial contamination of immersion biometry ultrasound equipment

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Velázquez Estades, Leonardo J ^a   Wanger, Audrey ^a   Kellaway, Judianne ^a   Hardten, David R ^b   Prager, Thomas C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Hermann Eye Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BIOMETRY; BURKHOLDERIA PICKETTII; CLEANING; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAMPLE; SEROPREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOMETRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EYE INFECTIONS; FUNGI; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 18244405036     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.01.030     Document Type: Article

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