Microbial environmental contamination in Italian dental clinics: A multicenter study yielding recommendations for standardized sampling methods and threshold values

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 420, Issue , 2012, Pages 289-299

  Pasquarella, Cesira ^a   Veronesi, Licia ^a   Napoli, Christian ^b   Castiglia, Paolo ^c   Liguori, Giorgio ^d   Rizzetto, Rolando ^e   Torre, Ida ^f   Righi, Elena ^g   Farruggia, Patrizia ^h   Tesauro, Marina ⁱ   Torregrossa, Maria V ^j   Montagna, Maria T ^b   Colucci, Maria E ^a   Gallè, Francesca ^d   Masia, Maria D ^c   Strohmenger, Laura ⁱ   Bergomi, Margherita ^g   Tinteri, Carola ^e   Panico, Manuela ^h   Pennino, Francesca ^f   Cannova, Lucia ^j   Tanzi, Marialuisa ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^h Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Air; Dental clinic; Dental unit water system; Microbial contamination; Surfaces; Water

Indexed keywords

AIR CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMING UNITS; CONTAMINATION MONITORING; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL TREATMENT; DENTAL UNIT WATER SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION; LEGIONELLA SPP; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SAMPLING METHOD; TAP WATER; TAP-WATER SAMPLES; TOTAL VIABLE COUNTS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SYSTEM; WORKING HOURS;

AIR; SURFACES; WATER; WATERWORKS;

CONTAMINATION;

TAP WATER;

BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AIR; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STANDARDIZATION; SURFACE MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ITALY; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ITALY;

LEGIONELLA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84857646614     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.030     Document Type: Article

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