The effectiveness of immersion disinfection for flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopes

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 681-685

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a   Kepnes, Lynne J ^b  

^a Division of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; SALIVA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; STANDARD;

DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LARYNGOSCOPES; OTOLARYNGOLOGY;

EID: 2942739229     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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