Impact of a silver layer on the membrane of tap water filters on the microbiological quality of filtered water

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Vonberg, Ralf Peter ^a   Sohr, Dorit ^b   Bruderek, Juliane ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEGIONELLA; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; SURGICAL WARD; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; CROSS INFECTION; FILTRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MEMBRANE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MEMBRANES; SILVER; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 54349100782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-133     Document Type: Article

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