TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of an in-office dental unit water monitoring technique
AU - Karpay, Richard I.
AU - Plamondon, Thomas J.
AU - Mills, Shannon E.
AU - Dove, S. Brent
PY - 1998/2
Y1 - 1998/2
N2 - The authors conducted a study to determine the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of HPC Samplers (Millipore Corp.) as compared with that of R2A agar and HPC agar when used to monitor dental unit water, or DUW, quality. Results were either a pass (200 colony-forming units per milliliter, or CFU/mL, or less) or a fail (greater than 200 CFU/mL). Of the 408 tests conducted, the results of the HPC Sampler agreed with R2A agar 377 times, for an accuracy rate of 92.6 percent. The authors recommend that clinicians consider using HPC Samplers, as they are a user-friendly, economical means of monitoring compliance of DUW quality.
AB - The authors conducted a study to determine the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of HPC Samplers (Millipore Corp.) as compared with that of R2A agar and HPC agar when used to monitor dental unit water, or DUW, quality. Results were either a pass (200 colony-forming units per milliliter, or CFU/mL, or less) or a fail (greater than 200 CFU/mL). Of the 408 tests conducted, the results of the HPC Sampler agreed with R2A agar 377 times, for an accuracy rate of 92.6 percent. The authors recommend that clinicians consider using HPC Samplers, as they are a user-friendly, economical means of monitoring compliance of DUW quality.
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U2 - 10.14219/jada.archive.1998.0179
DO - 10.14219/jada.archive.1998.0179
M3 - Article
C2 - 9495053
AN - SCOPUS:0031992780
VL - 129
SP - 207
EP - 211
JO - Journal of the American Dental Association
JF - Journal of the American Dental Association
SN - 0002-8177
IS - 2
ER -