A comparison of the rate of bacterial contamination for prefilled disposable and reusable oxygen humidifiers

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-175

  Yamashita, Koichi ^a   Nishiyama, Tomoki ^b   Yokoyama, Takeshi ^a   Abe, Hidehiro ^a   Manabe, Masanobu ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Prefilled disposable oxygen humidifier; Reusable oxygen humidifier

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOACCUMULATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DUST; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT;

EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OXYGEN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 24044458195     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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