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Microbial Colonization of Pneumatic Tourniquets in the Orthopedic Operating Room

Background The rate of surgical site infections following orthopedic procedures is approximately 2% globally. Potential sources of contamination in the operating room include pneumatic tourniquets, blood pressure cuffs, and stethoscopes, among others. Our study aims to investigate microbial coloniza...

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Autores principales:	Mufarrih, Syed H, Qureshi, Nada Q, Rashid, Rizwan H, Ahmed, Bilal, Irfan, Seema, Zubairi, Akbar J, Noordin, Shahryar
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Cureus 2019
Materias:	Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6773449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31592363 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5308

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