Detection and hazard assessment of pathogenic microorganisms in medical wastes

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 995-1003

  Park, Hyeonjin ^a   Lee, Keunhwa ^b   Kim, Misoon ^a   Lee, Jungeun ^a   Seong, Seung Yong ^a   Ko, Gwangpyo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hospital infection; Infection control; Medical wastes; Microbial survival; Pathogenic microorganisms

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUES; INFECTION CONTROL; LACTOBACILLUS SPP; MEDICAL WASTES; MICROBACTERIUM OXYDANS; MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; MICROBIAL SURVIVAL; NOROVIRUSES; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; PATHOGENIC VIRUS; PCR ASSAY; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PSEUDOMONAS SPP; SOUTH KOREA;

BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WASTES;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREVIBACILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL WASTE; KOCURIA; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBACTERIUM OXYDANS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PSEUDOMONAS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURVIVAL; VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; KOCURIA; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBACTERIUM OXYDANS; MICROCOCCUS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PSEUDOMONAS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; KOREA; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PHYLOGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 70350441904     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520902996898     Document Type: Article

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