UVC fluencies for preventative treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa contaminated polymer tubes

Biofouling

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 821-828

  Bak, Jimmy ^a   Ladefoged, Søren D ^b   Begovic, Tanja ^a   Winding, Anne ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Catheter bacteremia; Catheter lumen; Catheter sepsis; Catheters; Disinfection; Ethylene vinyl acetate; Fluoroethylene propylene; Light emitting diodes; Liquid light guide; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Refractive index; Sodium chloride; Sterilization; Teflon; Tubes; UV transmittance in tubes; UVC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ETHYLENEVINYLACETATE COPOLYMER; POLITEF; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; CATHETER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISINFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOFILMS; CATHETERS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POLYVINYLS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79951757042     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2010.520314     Document Type: Article

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