Possible hazards of hypochlorite disinfection for feeding equipment for premature infants

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-92

  Price, E ^a   Awadel Kariem, F M ^a   Hateley, P ^a   Harvey, J ^a   Gilks, J ^a   Kempley, S ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE;

CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; DISINFECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE MUCOSA; KITCHEN; LETTER; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; OSMOLARITY; PILOT STUDY; PREMATURITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY;

CACO-2 CELLS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MILK, HUMAN; PILOT PROJECTS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

EID: 33746682431     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.05.001     Document Type: Letter

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