Bacterial contamination of glucose test strips: Not to be neglected

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 611-613

  Vanhaeren, Steffy ^a   Duport, Claudine ^a   Magneney, Myriam ^a   Dumé, Laurence ^a   Dumenil, Anne Sylvie ^a   Doucet Populaire, Florence ^a   Decousser, Jean Winoc ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGAR; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOMITE; GLUCOSE TEST STRIP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INOCULATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MEDICAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WARD;

BACTERIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS;

EID: 80052023021     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.11.006     Document Type: Letter

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