Persistence of microbial contamination on transvaginal ultrasound probes despite low-level disinfection procedure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  M'Zali, Fatima ^a   Bounizra, Carole ^a   Leroy, Sandrine ^b   Mekki, Yahia ^c   Quentin Noury, Claudine ^a   Kann, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; MENTHOL; MIRISTALKONIUM CHLORIDE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; VIRUS DNA; WATER; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DISINFECTION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM ORYZIHABITANS; FUNGUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYGIENE PRODUCT; LOW LEVEL DISINFECTION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND PROBE; WART VIRUS; WIPE; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84898854773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093368     Document Type: Article

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