Evaluation of ultraviolet C for disinfection of endocavitary ultrasound transducers persistently contaminated despite probe covers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-170

  Kac, Guillaume ^a   Podglajen, Isabelle ^b,f   Si Mohamed, Ali ^c   Rodi, Aurelia ^a   Grataloup, Christine ^d   Meyer, Guy ^e,f  

^a Hygiène Hospitalière   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Bacteriologie   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Virologie   (France)

^d Service de Radiologie   (France)

^e Service de Pneumologie   (France)

^f HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLEANING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISINFECTION; ENDOCAVITARY ULTRASOUND; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; WART VIRUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIRUSES;

EID: 75949113756     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649794     Document Type: Article

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