Analysis of the microbial load in instruments used in orthopedic surgeries

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-233

  Pinto, Flávia Morais Gomes ^a   de Souza, Rafael Queiroz ^a   da Silva, Cely Barreto ^b   Jenné Mimica, Lycia Mara ^b   Graziano, Kazuko Uchikawa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IRMANDADE DA SANTA CASA DE MISERICÓRDIA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hospital infection; microbial load; orthopedic surgery; surgical instruments

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRAZIL; CITROBACTER KOSERI; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FUNGUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PENICILLIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TRICHOPHYTON; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YEAST;

BACTERIA; BRAZIL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FUNGI; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77949918211     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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