Microbial contamination of suction tubes attached to suction instruments and preventive methods

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-127

  Yorioka, Katsuhiro ^a   Oie, Shigeharu ^b   Kamiya, Akira ^b  

^a Shunan Municipal Shinnanyo Citizen Hospital   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPY; IMMERSION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SUCTION; WARD;

EID: 77950681622     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.63.124     Document Type: Article

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