Ultrasound probes as a possible vector of bacterial transmission

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-44

  Koibuchi, Harumi ^a   Kotani, Kazuhiko ^a   Taniguchi, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial transmission; Disinfection; Transducer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PYODERMA; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION PROBE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRASOUND PROBE;

BACTERIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876182365     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11152/mu.2013.2066.151.hk1upp2     Document Type: Review

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