Potential risk for bacterial contamination in conventional reused ventilator systems and disposable closed ventilator-suction systems

• Ya-Chi Li,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Hui-Ling Lin,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Therapy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Care, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Fang-Chun Liao,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Sing-Siang Wang,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Hsiu-Chu Chang,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Therapy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Hung-Fu Hsu,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Industrial Design, College of Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Sue-Hsien Chen,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Gwo-Hwa Wan

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ghwan@mail.cgu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Department of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Respiratory Care, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Taipei Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4149-1478

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