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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Main Author: | Alistair E Cowen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2001-01-01
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Series: | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/691584 |
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