Contamination of disposable tonometer prisms during tonometry

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 358-361

  Rajak, Saul N ^a   Paul, J ^a   Sharma, V ^a   Vickers, S ^a  

^a SUSSEX EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disposable; Infection; Prism; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TONOMETER; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646240338     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701866     Document Type: Article

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