Cleaning methods for ultrasound probes

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 286-289

  Mirza, Waseem Akhtar ^a   Imam, Syed Hadi ^b   Kharal, Mohd Salim Ahmed ^b   Aslam, Mubashir ^a   Ali, Syed Arif ^a   Masroor, I ^a   Ahmad, M Nadeem ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cleaning methods; Contagious diseases; Disinfection; Nosocomial infection; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SOAP; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLEANING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISINFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 48049093984     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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