American College of Chest Physicians and American Association for Bronchoscopy Concensus Statement: Prevention of flexible bronchoscopy-associated infection

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1742-1755

  Mehta, Atul C ^a   Prakash, Udaya B S ^b   Garland, Robert ^c   Haponik, Edward ^d   Moses, Leonard ^e   Schaffner, William ^f   Silvestri, Gerard ^g  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy associated infection; Flexible bronchoscopy; Infection prevention

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT;

BRONCHOSCOPE; CLEANING; CONSENSUS; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 24944484114     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1742     Document Type: Article

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