High Risk HPV Contamination of Endocavity Vaginal Ultrasound Probes: An Underestimated Route of Nosocomial Infection?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Casalegno, Jean sebastien ^a   Le Bail Carval, Karine ^a   Eibach, Daniel ^a,b   Valdeyron, Marie Laure ^a   Lamblin, Gery ^a   Jacquemoud, Hervé ^a   Mellier, Georges ^a   Lina, Bruno ^a   Gaucherand, Pascal ^a   Mathevet, Patrice ^a   Mekki, Yahia ^a  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DISINFECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINAL ULTRASOUND PROBE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WART VIRUS; WIPES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DNA, VIRAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GLUTARAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINA;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 84868124500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048137     Document Type: Article

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