Comparison of in-office dental unit waterline test kits

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 901-906

  Morris, Barry F ^a   Vandewalle, Kraig S ^a   Hensley, Donna M ^a   Bartoloni, Joseph A ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL LOAD; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; MILITARY DENTISTRY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 78149273282     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00032     Document Type: Article

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