In vitro formation of biofilms on Lopez enteral feeding valves: implications for critical care patients and nurses.
Solseng
Tracy
T
North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA.
Vinson
Heather
H
Gibbs
Penelope
P
Greenwald
Beverly
B
D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000502:physiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors