Contamination of sinus irrigation devices: A review of the evidence and clinical relevance

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-203

  Psaltis, Alkis J ^a,b   Foreman, Andrew ^b   Wormald, Peter John ^b   Schlosser, Rodney J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STERILE WATER;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLEANING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAVAGE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REVIEW; SINUS IRRIGATION DEVICE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; NASAL LAVAGE; PARANASAL SINUSES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84862170034     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2012.26.3747     Document Type: Review

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