Blood pressure cuffs: friend or foe?

A study to assess the level of bacterial contamination of blood pressure cuffs in use on hospital wards was performed. Viable organisms were recovered from all the 24 cuffs sampled at a density of between 1000 and >25 000 colony-forming units/100 cm 2. Potential pathogens were isolated from 14 cu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of hospital infection 2006-06, Vol.63 (2), p.167-169
Hauptverfasser:	Walker, N., Gupta, R., Cheesbrough, J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial Infections - prevention & control Bacterial Infections - transmission Biological and medical sciences Blood Pressure Monitors - microbiology Clostridium difficile Clostridium difficile - growth & development Colony Count, Microbial Cross Infection - prevention & control Cross Infection - transmission Enterococcus - growth & development Equipment Contamination Fomites Humans Infectious diseases Medical sciences Methicillin Resistance MRSA MSSA Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus - growth & development Vancomycin Resistance VRE
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