Reusable Areas of Clinically Used Ventilators Carry Low Numbers of Aerobic Bacteria
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) remains a serious problem for critically ill patients. We swabbed nine reusable areas on 20 clinically-used ventilators from a VA Hospital shortly after they had been removed from patients and identified bacterial isolates. No bacteria were isolated from most of...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for the Improvement of Science (SACSIS)
2014-10-01
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| Series: | All Results Journals: Biol |
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| Online Access: | http://arjournals.com/index.php/Biol/article/view/106 |