Water birthing: Retrospective review of 2625 water births. Contamination of birth pool water and risk of microbial cross-infection;Partorire in acqua: Esperienza dopo 2.625 parti in acqua - Contaminazione dell'acqua nella vasca da parto e rischio di infezione con diversi microrganismi

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-211

  Thoni A ^a   Mussner, K ^a   Ploner, F ^a  

^a Ospedale di Vipiteno   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infections; Parturition; Water

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD PH; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS INFECTION; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; LEGIONELLA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIMIPARA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WATER BIRTH;

CROSS INFECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77957672117     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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