Combined chlorhexidine and PVP-I decontamination of human donor eyes prior to corneal preservation

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-339

  Van Luijk, Chantal M ^a   Bruinsma, Marieke ^a   Van Der Wees, Jacqueline ^a   Lie, Jessica T ^a   Ham, Lisanne ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Decontamination; Donor; Eye bank; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CORNEA; DONOR; DRUG EFFECT; EYEBANK; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESERVATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; CHLORHEXIDINE; CORNEA; DECONTAMINATION; EYE BANKS; HUMANS; POVIDONE-IODINE; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84861532038     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-011-9260-6     Document Type: Article

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