Reprocessing and reuse of single-use medical devices used during hemodynamic procedures in Brazil: A widespread and largely overlooked problem

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 854-858

  Buchdid Amarante, Jorge M ^a   Toscano, Cristiana M ^c,d   Pearson, Michele L ^c   Roth, Virginia ^c,e   Jarvis, William R ^c,f   Levin, Anna S ^b,g  

^a HOSPITAL SAMARITANO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f Jason and Jarvis Associates   (United States)

^g NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SOAP; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAP WATER; WATER;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATHERECTOMY; AUTOCLAVE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLEANING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; PACKAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALVULOPLASTY;

BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT REUSE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STERILIZATION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 51849126133     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590357     Document Type: Article

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