Are surgical stainless steel wires used for intracranial implantation of PrPsc a good model of iatrogenic transmission from contaminated surgical stainless steel instruments after cleaning?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-343

  Lipscomb, I P ^a   Pinchin, H E ^a   Collin, R ^a   Harris, K ^a   Keevil, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Iatrogenic transmission; Prion disease; Wires

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; PRION PROTEIN; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLEANING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOMITES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRION DISEASES; PROTEINS; STAINLESS STEEL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 33750548695     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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