Hospital-wide survey of bacterial contamination of point-of-care ultrasound probes and coupling gel

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 457-462

  Lawrence, Matthew W ^a   Blanks, James ^b   Ayala, Ruben ^b   Talk, Douglas ^a   Macian, Diana ^a   Glasser, Jessie ^a   Schofer, Joel M ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b Microbiology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Contamination; Gel; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Point of care ultrasound; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; GELS; HOSPITALS; ULTRASONICS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; BACTERIAL CULTURES; BACTERIAL GROWTH; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POINT OF CARE; ULTRASOUND PROBES;

PROBES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL; BACTERIUM; CONTAMINATION; DEVICE SAFETY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND; STATISTICS; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL; CONTAMINATION; GEL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND;

BACTERIA; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GELS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84896838749     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.3.457     Document Type: Article

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