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Table 1 The following search terms were used to identify different medical equipment

From: Outbreaks of healthcare-associated infections linked to water-containing hospital equipment: a literature review

 

Hospital* OR healthcare OR hospital units OR hospital environment OR dental facilities OR intensive care OR healthcare environment

AND

Healthcare-acquired infection OR infection, nosocomial OR hospital-acquired OR healthcare-associated infection* OR hospital-associated infection* OR outbreak OR hospital outbreak* OR healthcare outbreak* OR waterborne outbreak OR waterborne pathogen OR waterborne diseases OR cross infection OR contamination OR colonization OR infection prevention OR infection control OR biofilm OR air sampling OR transmission

AND

hospital water OR water microbiology OR water reservoir OR water system OR disease reservoir

  1. The keywords that are highlighted indicate that these are Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Terms