CONTAMINATION OF ENDOSCOPES USED IN AIDS PATIENTS

The Lancet

Volumn 334, Issue 8654, 1989, Pages 86-88

  Hanson, P J V ^a,b,c   Clarke, J R ^a,b,c   Nicholson, G ^a,b,c   Gazzard, B ^a,b,c   Gaya, H ^a,b,c   Gor, D ^a,b,c   Chadwick, M V ^a,b,c   Shah, N ^a,b,c   Jeffries, D J ^a,b,c   Collins, J V ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Stephen's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GASTROSCOPES; GASTROSCOPY; HIV; HUMAN; STERILIZATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024339809     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(89)90323-1     Document Type: Article

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