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Readers' Forum Results of a Survey of Infection Control Practices for Respiratory Therapy Equipment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Theresa A. Goularte  and
Donald E. Craven
Theresa A. Goularte
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Donald E. Craven*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA 02118
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Abstract

The responses to a comprehensive survey of infection control practices for respiratory therapy equipment, previously published in the Readers' Forum section of Infection Control, are summarized in Tables 1 through 3. Responses were obtained from 205 United States hospitals; 65% were community hospitals and 38% had <500 ventilator days/year. In some cases, the total number of responses exceeded 100% because of practices that required multiple responses.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 7 , Issue 6 , June 1986 , pp. 327 - 332
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1986

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