Microbial contamination on used surgical instruments

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1068-1070

  Rutala, William A ^a,b   Gergen, Maria F ^a   Weber, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOSCOPE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PANTOEA; PATHOGEN LOAD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; BACTERIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STEM CELL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; STEM CELLS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84904386099     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677153     Document Type: Note

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