Prospective study of the microbiological flora of hearing aid moulds and the efficacy of current cleaning techniques

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-113

  Ahmad, N ^a,b   Etheridge, C ^a   Farrington, M ^a   Baguley, D M ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment contamination; Hearing aids; Otitis externa

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PROSTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS EXTERNA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERILIZATION;

EID: 33847271605     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106002222     Document Type: Article

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