One-way valve bottle contamination rates in the immediate post-functional endoscopic sinus surgery period

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 393-396

  Kofonow, Jennifer M ^a   Bhuskute, Aditi ^b   Doghramji, Laurel ^a   Palmer, James N ^a   Cohen, Noam A ^a,c   Chiu, Alexander G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; GLASS BOTTLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NASAL LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; ONE WAY VALVE BOTTLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG PACKAGING; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 84455182287     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2011.25.3664     Document Type: Article

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