Contamination and decontamination of Doppler probes

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 479-481

  Whitehead, Emma J ^a,c   Thompson, John F ^a   Lewis, David R ^b  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Vascular Surgery ^*  (New Zealand)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross infection; Doppler disinfection; Education; Equipment contamination; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DEATH; DISINFECTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MECHANICAL PROBE; MEDICAL STAFF; NONHUMAN; NURSING STAFF; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SKIN FLORA; STAFF TRAINING; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTANTS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33748711433     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X114866     Document Type: Article

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