Alcohol fixation of bacteria to surgical instruments increases cleaning difficulty and may contribute to sterilization inefficacy

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2017, Pages e81-e86

  Costa, Dayane de Melo ^a,b   Lopes, Lillian Kelly de Oliveira ^a   Hu, Honghua ^a   Tipple, Anaclara Ferreira Veiga ^b   Vickery, Karen ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Delayed processing; Drying soil; Fixatives; Instrument pre cleaning; Prolonged wetting

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; CRYSTAL VIOLET; WATER; STAINLESS STEEL;

AIR DRYING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCEPS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WATER IMMERSION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

2-PROPANOL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ETHANOL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAINLESS STEEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 85020256987     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.04.286     Document Type: Article

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