Reusable terminal tap water filters for nosocomial legionellosis prevention

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 403-405

  Vonberg, Ralf Peter ^a   Rotermund Rauchenberger, Dagmar ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Filter; Haematology; Legionellosis; Nosocomial; Prevention; Water

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FILTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FILTRATION; HEAT; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDIATRICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 20444437637     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-004-1000-6     Document Type: Article

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