Comparison of Low-Level to High-Level Disinfection in Eliminating Microorganisms From Ultrasound Transducers Used on Skin: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial.

Nathan Peters Frances Williamson Michelle J Bauer Stacey Llewellyn Peter James Snelling Nicole Marsh Patrick N A Harris Adam G Stewart Claire M Rickard

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2023)

Disinfection with LLD is noninferior to HLD when microorganisms from skin have contaminated the transducer. Therefore, using LLD for US transducers involved in percutaneous procedures would present no higher infection risk compared with HLD.

Keyphrases

drinking water
randomized controlled trial
soft tissue
wound healing
ultrasound guided
heavy metals
magnetic resonance imaging
study protocol
minimally invasive
systematic review
computed tomography
risk assessment