Assessment of ultrasound equipment as a possible source of nosocomial infection in Lagos state hospitals and radio-diagnostic centres

Radiography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-159

  Akpochafor, M O ^a   Eze, C U ^a   Adeneye, S O ^a   Ajekigbe, A T ^a  

^a LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Contamination; Coupling gel; Nosocomial infection; Transducer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 84955171807     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: 15322831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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