Assessment of the microbial load of airway clearance devices used by a cohort of children with cystic fibrosis

Assessment of the microbial load of airway clearance devices used by a cohort of children with cystic fibrosis

Summary: Background: Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices are an important element of the management of cystic fibrosis, and of other respiratory diseases. Whereas there have been reports in the literature of contamination of airway clearance devices and their surfaces by microbial pathogens,...

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Main Authors: B. Linnane, N.H. O'Connell, E. Obande, S.S. Dunne, C. Clancy, M.G. Kiernan, D. McGrath, K.J. O'Sullivan, L. O'Sullivan, C.P. Dunne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Infection Prevention in Practice
Subjects:
Cystic fibrosis
Positive expiratory pressure (PEP)
Oscillating intrapulmonary pressure (OPEP)
Microbiology
Hygiene
Cleaning
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590088921000421

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