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Millipore HPC samplers are simple, self-contained test devices that can be used by personnel in dental offices who do not have microbiologic training to easily and economically monitor dental unit water quality without laboratory support. This study evaluated the correlation of HPC samplers to R2A agar for enumerating planktonic bacteria in dental unit treatment water. Eight different dental units were sampled. Five replicates were performed for each media at each dilution. The Pearson correlation coefficient between the R2A agar and HPC sampler is 0.89. These data suggest HPC samplers correlate with conventional laboratory-based R2A culture techniques for determining dental unit water line contamination.
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Received: 16 June 1998 / Accepted: 31 August 1998
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Karpay, R., Plamondon, T. & Mills, S. News & Notes: Comparison of Methods to Enumerate Bacteria in Dental Unit Water Lines. Curr Microbiol 38, 132–134 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002849900416
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002849900416