Hygienic safety of reusable tap water filters (Germlyser®) with an operating time of 4 or 8 weeks in a haematological oncology transplantation unit

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Daeschlein, Georg ^a   Krüger, William H ^b   Selepko, Christian ^a   Rochow, Markus ^a   Dölken, Gottfried ^b   Kramer, Axel ^a  

^a Inst for Hyg and Environ Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRINKING WATER; NANOCRYSTAL; SILVER; TAP WATER;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FILTER; FILTER DESIGN; GERMANY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS MONITORING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; TIME; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOOD DISEASE; EVALUATION; FILTRATION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FILTRATION; GERMANY; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34250660135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-45     Document Type: Article

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