Contamination of laryngoscope handles

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-128

  Williams, D ^a   Dingley, J ^b   Jones, C ^c   Berry, N ^c  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Decontamination; Equipment; Infection; Laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAEROBE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUNGUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KLEBSIELLA; LARYNGOSCOPE; LEUCONOSTOC; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; BLOOD STAINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPES; OPERATING ROOMS;

EID: 74749102751     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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