Can't Touch This! Contamination of Laboratory Equipment with Bloodborne Pathogens.

نویسندگان

  • Mark D Gonzalez
  • Carey-Ann D Burnham
چکیده

In the July 2016 issue of Clinical Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Bryan and colleagues report on their investigation into the levels of blood-borne viral pathogen contamination of a total laboratory automation system. This article was accompanied by an editorial by Dr. Carey-Ann Burnham and Dr. Susan Butler-Wu. They joined us for this podcast. Carey-Ann Burnham is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Susan Butler-Wu is the Director of Clinical Microbiology at LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles and an Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Southern California.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical chemistry

دوره 62 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016