Evaluation of medically significant bacteria in colonoscopes after 8 weeks of shelf life in open air storage

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-111

  Ingram, Jackie ^a   Gaines, Peggy ^a   Kite, Roberta ^a   Morgan, Marcia ^a   Spurling, Sheila ^a   Winsett, Rebecca P ^a  

^a St Marys Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; COLONOSCOPE; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES; BACTERIA; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

AIR; BACTERIA; COLONOSCOPES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIANA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876402876     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SGA.0b013e318288c715     Document Type: Article

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