Improved Laboratory Safety by Decontamination of Unstained Sputum Smears for Acid-Fast Microscopy

Tubercle bacilli may survive in unstained heat-fixed sputum smears and may be an infection risk to laboratory staff. We compared the effectiveness of 1% and 5% sodium hypochlorite, 5% phenol, 2% glutaraldehyde, and 3.7% formalin in killing Mycobacterium tuberculosis present in smears prepared from 5...

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Main Authors: Giacomelli, Luiz Roberto Bigão, Helbel, Cesar, Ogassawara, Roger Leandro Nunes, Barreto, Ângela Maria Werneck, Martins, Fátima Moreira, Cardoso, Celso Luíz, Leite, Clarice Queico Fujimura
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2005
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1233998/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16081990
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.8.4245-4248.2005
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