Assessment of the microbial load of airway clearance devices used by a cohort of children with cystic fibrosis

• Main Authors: B. Linnane (Author), N.H. O'Connell (Author), E. Obande (Author), S.S. Dunne (Author), C. Clancy (Author), M.G. Kiernan (Author), D. McGrath (Author), K.J. O'Sullivan (Author), L. O'Sullivan (Author), C.P. Dunne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices are an important element of the management of cystic fibrosis, and of other respiratory diseases. Whereas there have been reports in the literature of contamination of airway clearance devices and their surfaces by microbial pathogens,...