Deficiencies of automatic endoscopic reprocessors: A method to achieve high-grade disinfection of endoscopes

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 583-586

  Ido, K ^a   Ishino, Y ^a   Ota, Y ^a   Kihira, K ^a   Taniguchi, Y ^a   Saifuku, K ^a   Satoh, K ^a   Kawamoto, C ^a   Hayashi, M ^a   Kimura, K ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPY; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029961194     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(96)70013-5     Document Type: Article

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