Reliability testing for portable adenosine triphosphate bioluminometers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5 SPL, 2013, Pages 538-540

  Whiteley, Greg S ^a,b   Derry, Chris ^a   Glasbey, Trevor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Whiteley Industries Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LUCIFERASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINOMETER; CYTOLYSIS; DILUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEDICAL DEVICE; MICROPIPETTE; RELIABILITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOMITES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84876083205     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670208     Document Type: Article

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