The Clinical Risks of Infection Associated with Endoscopy
The cleaning of flexible endoscopes is difficult and time consuming. Any method of attempted sterilization or high level disinfection will fail if prior cleaning has been defective. Inadequate reprocessing of endoscopes may result in patient to patient transmission of serious bacterial and viral dis...
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| description | The cleaning of flexible endoscopes is difficult and time consuming. Any method of attempted sterilization or high level disinfection will fail if prior cleaning has been defective. Inadequate reprocessing of endoscopes may result in patient to patient transmission of serious bacterial and viral diseases or infection with endemic hospital pathogens. Antibiotic prophylaxis is required to prevent septicemia and bacterial endocarditis in high risk patients undergoing specific endoscopic procedures. Prevention of serious endoscopy-associated clinical infections requires strict compliance with detailed reprocessing protocols by specially trained nursing staff. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-53185457be8f446585b1c9e4227b4ec82025-02-03T01:30:36ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002001-01-0115532133110.1155/2001/691584The Clinical Risks of Infection Associated with EndoscopyAlistair E Cowen0Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaThe cleaning of flexible endoscopes is difficult and time consuming. Any method of attempted sterilization or high level disinfection will fail if prior cleaning has been defective. Inadequate reprocessing of endoscopes may result in patient to patient transmission of serious bacterial and viral diseases or infection with endemic hospital pathogens. Antibiotic prophylaxis is required to prevent septicemia and bacterial endocarditis in high risk patients undergoing specific endoscopic procedures. Prevention of serious endoscopy-associated clinical infections requires strict compliance with detailed reprocessing protocols by specially trained nursing staff.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/691584 |
| spellingShingle | Alistair E Cowen The Clinical Risks of Infection Associated with Endoscopy Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | The Clinical Risks of Infection Associated with Endoscopy |
| title_full | The Clinical Risks of Infection Associated with Endoscopy |
| title_fullStr | The Clinical Risks of Infection Associated with Endoscopy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Clinical Risks of Infection Associated with Endoscopy |
| title_short | The Clinical Risks of Infection Associated with Endoscopy |
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