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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-42145
ABSTRACT
Re-usable glass and disposable plastic syringes and needles were tested for their sterility. Ninety-one re-usable glass, 111 disposable plastic syringes, 105 re-usable and 91 disposable needles were determined for microbial contamination by direct method using soy-bean-casein digest and fluid thioglycolate media. The positive results were 2.2 per cent (2/91), 0.9 per cent (1/111), 2.9 per cent (3/105) and 3.3 per cent (3/91) for re-usable and disposable syringes and needles, respectively. It is concluded that there is no difference in the rates of contamination of re-usable and disposable items.
Subject(s)
Bacteria/isolation & purification , Disposable Equipment/standards , Durable Medical Equipment , Equipment Contamination , Hospitals , Needles/standards , Sterilization , Syringes/standards , Thailand
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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-44994
Subject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Immune Tolerance , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Middle Aged , Sepsis/etiology
3.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-39297
4.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-38833
Subject(s)
Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Heart Diseases/epidemiology , Humans , Male , Rheumatic Fever/epidemiology , Rural Population , Thailand , Urban Population
5.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-38167
6.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-40800
Subject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Bacteria/isolation & purification , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Middle Aged , Postmortem Changes , Sepsis/microbiology , Time Factors
7.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-38488
8.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-44580