Effects of delayed microbial analysis of dental unit water line specimens

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-90

  Palenik, Charles John ^a   Burgess, Kenneth H ^b   Miller, Chris H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Infect Contr Research and Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PEROXIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; OXIDIZING AGENT; PEROXIDE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL FACILITY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL DISINFECTANTS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; OXIDANTS; PEROXIDES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 21644461384     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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