Decontamination of ultrasound equipment used for peripheral ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 529-534

  Chuan, A ^a   Tiong, C ^a   Maley, M ^a   Descallar, J ^a   Ziochos, H ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Regional anaesthesia; Ultrasound equipment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; ULTRASOUND EQUIPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECONTAMINATION; REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA; ULTRASOUND EQUIPMENT;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881219549     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1304100415     Document Type: Review

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