Bacterial colonisation of humidifier attachments on oxygen concentrators prescribed for long term oxygen therapy: a district review.
A microbiological survey was undertaken on the eight patients in the Liverpool District who have a humidifier attachment on their oxygen concentrator. All but one of the humidifiers were contaminated with potentially pathogenic bacteria.
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University Department of Medicine, Royal Liverpool Hospital.
Cheesbrough
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Walshaw
M J
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Hind
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D000368:Aged; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014871:Water Microbiology