Instrument processing with lauryl dimethyl benzyl ammonium bromide: A challenge for patient safety

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 598-601

  Bello Gonzalez, Teresita ^a   Rosales Pantoja, Patricia ^b   Acosta Gio, A Enrique ^b   de Waard, Jacobus H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; GERDEX; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LAURYL DIMETHYLBENZYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SPOROX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG LABELING; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY;

BACILLUS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 50249147282     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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