Evaluation of in-office dental unit waterline testing

General Dentistry

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Momeni, Stephanie S ^a   Tomlin, Nancy ^b   Ruby, John D ^a   Dasanayake, Ananda P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Department of Clinical Affairs ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84862013815     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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