Preventing infection from reusable medical equipment: A systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Sopwith, Will ^a   Hart, Tony ^b   Garner, Paul ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; BLEACHING AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; POVIDONE IODINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; HEAT TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDLINE; MYCOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RECYCLING; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER VAPOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

2-PROPANOL; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ETHANOL; INFECTION CONTROL; POVIDONE-IODINE; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18744391371     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-2-4     Document Type: Review

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