Microbiologic contamination of automatic injectors at MDCT: Experimental and clinical investigations

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Buerke, Boris ^a   Mellmann, Alexander ^a   Stehling, Christoph ^a   Wessling, Johannes ^a   Heindel, Walter ^a   Juergens, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic injector; Contrast agent; CT; Hygiene; Microbiologic contamination

Indexed keywords

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISINFECTION; GLOVE; HAND PALM; HYGIENE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SYRINGE;

BACTERIA; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; INJECTIONS; STERILIZATION; SYRINGES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57149128133     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3954     Document Type: Article

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