title: Re-usable ECG electrodes--a vehicle for cross-infection?
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Royal Victoria Infirmary.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cefai
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D004566:Electrodes; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*