Disinfection of a probe used in ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 916-919

  Rutala, William A ^a,b   Gergen, Maria F ^a   Weber, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISINFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NEEDLE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; GLUTARAL; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ULTRASOUND, HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED, TRANSRECTAL;

EID: 34547667108     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518845     Document Type: Article

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