Reusable Areas of Clinically Used Ventilators Carry Low Numbers of Aerobic Bacteria

Reusable Areas of Clinically Used Ventilators Carry Low Numbers of Aerobic Bacteria

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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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Main Authors:	Elizabeth Anne Gonzalez, Julie Kase, Fassil Getachew, Mark Cowan, Pamela Scott, Iacovos Kyprianou, Barre Jones, Victoria Hitchins
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Society for the Improvement of Science (SACSIS) 2014-12-01
Series:	All Results Journals: Biol
Subjects:	negative results ventilators reusable cleaning disinfecting bioburden ventilator associated pneumonia
Online Access:	http://arjournals.com/ojs/index.php?journal=Biol&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=106&path%5B%5D=92

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