 Equipment Contamination
"Equipment Contamination" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The presence of an infectious agent on instruments, prostheses, or other inanimate articles.
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D004866
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.540
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| Concept/Terms |
Equipment Contamination- Equipment Contamination
- Contamination, Equipment
- Contaminations, Equipment
- Equipment Contaminations
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Equipment Contamination" by people in Profiles.
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Popovich KJ, Davila S, Chopra V, Patel PK, Lassiter S, Olmsted RN, Calfee DP. A Tiered Approach for Preventing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection. Ann Intern Med. 2019 10 01; 171(7_Suppl):S59-S65.
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Patel PK, Popovich KJ, Collier S, Lassiter S, Mody L, Ameling JM, Meddings J. Foundational Elements of Infection Prevention in the STRIVE Curriculum. Ann Intern Med. 2019 10 01; 171(7_Suppl):S10-S15.
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Okamoto K, Rhee Y, Schoeny M, Lolans K, Cheng J, Reddy S, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK, Popovich KJ. Impact of doffing errors on healthcare worker self-contamination when caring for patients on contact precautions. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 05; 40(5):559-565.
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Quan E, Mahmood R, Naik A, Sargon P, Shastri N, Venu M, Parada JP, Gupta N. Use of adenosine triphosphate to audit reprocessing of flexible endoscopes with an elevator mechanism. Am J Infect Control. 2018 11; 46(11):1272-1277.
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Thurlow CJ, Prabaker K, Lin MY, Lolans K, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK. Anatomic sites of patient colonization and environmental contamination with Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae at long-term acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Jan; 34(1):56-61.
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Hota B, Blom DW, Lyle EA, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK. Interventional evaluation of environmental contamination by vancomycin-resistant enterococci: failure of personnel, product, or procedure? J Hosp Infect. 2009 Feb; 71(2):123-31.
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Abraham JB, Abdelshehid CS, Lee HJ, Box GN, Deane LA, Le T, Jellison F, Borin JF, Manipon A, McDougall EM, Clayman RV. Rapid communication: effects of Steris 1 sterilization and Cidex ortho-phthalaldehyde high-level disinfection on durability of new-generation flexible ureteroscopes. J Endourol. 2007 Sep; 21(9):985-92.
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Lubelchek RJ, Weinstein RA. Strategies for preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: the role of new technologies. Crit Care Med. 2006 Mar; 34(3):905-7.
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Peterson LR, Singh K. Universal patient disinfection as a tool for infection control: rub-a-dub-dub, no need for a tub. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Feb 13; 166(3):274-6.
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Vernon MO, Hayden MK, Trick WE, Hayes RA, Blom DW, Weinstein RA. Chlorhexidine gluconate to cleanse patients in a medical intensive care unit: the effectiveness of source control to reduce the bioburden of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Feb 13; 166(3):306-12.
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