Are your hands clean enough for point-of-care electrolyte analysis?

Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-304

  Lam, Hugh S ^a   Chan, Michael H M ^a   Ng, Pak C ^a   Wong, William ^a   Cheung, Robert C K ^a   So, Alan K W ^a   Fok, Tai F ^a   Lam, Christopher W K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alcoholic hand disinfectant; Blood gas analyser; Infection control; Interference; Ion selective electrode; Point of care (POC)

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; HAND WASHING; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; LOTION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 23944488478     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020500169156     Document Type: Article

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