Can bottle design prevent bacterial contamination of nasal irrigation devices?

International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-307

  Foreman, Andrew ^a   Wormald, Peter John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bottle; Contamination; Irrigation; Nasal; Sinus; Sinusitis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NASAL LAVAGE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG PACKAGING; EQUIPMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BACTERIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG PACKAGING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84861149008     PISSN: 20426976     EISSN: 20426984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/alr.20047     Document Type: Article

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