 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Equipment Contamination" by people in this website by year, and whether "Equipment Contamination" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Equipment Contamination" by people in Profiles.
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Westerway SC, Basseal JM, Abramowicz JS. Medical Ultrasound Disinfection and Hygiene Practices: WFUMB Global Survey Results. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2019 02; 45(2):344-352.
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Schirmer A, Swan C, Hughes SJ, Vasilopoulos T, Oli M, Chaudhry S, Gravenstein N, Giordano C. Break Scrub to Take That Phone Call? J Am Coll Surg. 2018 06; 226(6):1117-1121.
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Holroyd JL, Vasilopoulos T, Rice MJ, Rand KH, Fahy BG. Incidence of central venous catheter hub contamination. J Crit Care. 2017 06; 39:162-168.
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Chapman CG, Siddiqui UD, Manzano M, Konda VJ, Murillo C, Landon EM, Waxman I. Risk of infection transmission in curvilinear array echoendoscopes: results of a prospective reprocessing and culture registry. Gastrointest Endosc. 2017 Feb; 85(2):390-397.e1.
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Biswas JS, Patel A, Otter JA, van Kleef E, Goldenberg SD. Contamination of the Hospital Environment From Potential Clostridium difficile Excretors Without Active Infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Aug; 36(8):975-7.
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Faubel S, Franch H, Vijayan A, Barron MA, Heung M, Liu KD, Koyner JL, Conner MJ. Preparing for renal replacement therapy in patients with the Ebola virus disease. Blood Purif. 2014; 38(3-4):276-85.
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Umscheid CA, Mitchell MD, Doshi JA, Agarwal R, Williams K, Brennan PJ. Estimating the proportion of healthcare-associated infections that are reasonably preventable and the related mortality and costs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Feb; 32(2):101-14.
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Stewart JM, Srivastava SK, Fung AE, Mahmoud TH, Telander DG, Hariprasad SM, Ober MD, Mruthyunjaya P. Bacterial contamination of needles used for intravitreal injections: a prospective, multicenter study. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2011 Feb; 19(1):32-8.
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Lecointe D, Fagundez E, Pierron P, Musset JP, Brissé P, Vollereau D, Breton D, Théodora C, Beauvais R, Malbrunot C, Crine L, Fèvre C. [Management of the Legionella-link risk in a multicentre area's hospital: lessons learned of a six-year experience]. Pathol Biol (Paris). 2010 Apr; 58(2):131-6.
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Kiernan DF, Chin EK, Sclafani LA, Saidel MA. Multiple drug-resistant Alcaligenes xylosoxidans keratitis in a sanitation worker. Eye Contact Lens. 2009 Jul; 35(4):212-4.
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