Querying MSAccess with # in column name

What is the proper syntax for a JDBC sql statement to query a MSAccess database with "#' (the pound or number sign) in a column name?
Thanks.
-John

Thanks all for the speedy replies. This forum should be extremely helpful in the future.
The double quotes did the job. I thought I had tried using quotes, but I must have used single quotes instead.
I do not have a say in the database design, and therefore, am stuck using whatever is thrown at me. Otherwise, I agree that staying away from using column names that may not conform to accepted standards is a good idea.
Thanks again.
-John

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MPROFORMA_VISITID                                  NUMBER
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TPROFORMA_VISITID                                  NUMBER
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