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Transvaginal ultrasound probe contamination by the human papillomavirus in the emergency department
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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016High level disinfection reduces HPV contamination of transvaginal sonography probes in the emergency departmentShow More
Our previous study reported in your journal in 2012 found that 7.5% of the transvaginal sonography (TVS) probe samples were human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA positive in our Emergency Department, when a barrier was applied along with low level disinfection using a quaternary ammonia based agent. (1)
M'Zali et al also demonstrated that TVS probes remained substantially contaminated by HPV, C. trachomatis, mycoplasma...
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