Rhys-davies exsanguinator: a haven for bacteria

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 452-456

  Ballal, M S G ^a   Emms, N ^a   O'Donoghue, M ^a   Redfern, T R ^a  

^a LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decontamination; exsanguinators; infection; Rhys Davies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOMONAS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TOURNIQUET;

ADULT; AGED; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; DRAINAGE; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 34447251297     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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