Contamination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria on toothbrushes used with mechanically ventilated patients: A cross sectional study

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, ULB University, Brussels, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Patrick.Honore@CHU-Brugmann.be.
² Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, ULB University, Brussels, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: djimafopharan@yahoo.fr.
³ Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, ULB University, Brussels, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Sebastien.Redant@CHU-Brugmann.be.
⁴ Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, ULB University, Brussels, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Rachid.Attou@CHU-Brugmann.be.
⁵ HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Healthcare, Keramiekstraat 80, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Sonia.Labeau@hogent.be.

Comment

Patrick M Honore et al. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun:70:103226.

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2022.103226. Epub 2022 Mar 3.

¹ Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, ULB University, Brussels, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Patrick.Honore@CHU-Brugmann.be.
² Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, ULB University, Brussels, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: djimafopharan@yahoo.fr.
³ Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, ULB University, Brussels, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Sebastien.Redant@CHU-Brugmann.be.
⁴ Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, ULB University, Brussels, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Rachid.Attou@CHU-Brugmann.be.
⁵ HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Healthcare, Keramiekstraat 80, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Sonia.Labeau@hogent.be.

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Contamination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria on toothbrushes used with mechanically ventilated patients: A cross sectional study (Honore et al.).
Unahalekhaka A, Preechasuth K. Unahalekhaka A, et al. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2022 Jun;70:103229. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2022.103229. Epub 2022 Mar 8. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2022. PMID: 35277329 No abstract available.

Contamination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria on toothbrushes used with mechanically ventilated patients: A cross sectional study.
Unahalekhaka A, Butpan P, Wongsaen R, Phunpae P, Preechasuth K. Unahalekhaka A, et al. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2022 Feb;68:103120. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2021.103120. Epub 2021 Aug 12. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2022. PMID: 34391630