 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.
| Descriptor ID |
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 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Equipment Contamination" by people in Profiles.
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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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Rizzi M, Batra PS, Hall G, Citardi MJ, Lanza DC. An assessment for the presence of bacterial contamination of Venturi principle atomizers in a clinical setting. Am J Rhinol. 2005 Jan-Feb; 19(1):21-3.
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Zimmerman M, Pur S, Schmitt B, Levin S, Harris AA, Segreti J. Value of an infection control practitioner in improving infection control practices at ambulatory sites. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 Apr; 25(4):348-50.
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Trick WE, Vernon MO, Welbel SF, Wisniewski MF, Jernigan JA, Weinstein RA. Unnecessary use of central venous catheters: the need to look outside the intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 Mar; 25(3):266-8.
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O'grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, Gerberding JL, Heard SO, Maki DG, Masur H, McCormick RD, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph A, Weinstein RA. Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Am J Infect Control. 2002 Dec; 30(8):476-89.
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