Endoscope disinfection using acidic electrolytic water

Endoscopy

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 528-535

  Tsuji, S ^a   Kawano, S ^a   Oshita, M ^a   Ohmae, A ^a   Shinomura, Y ^a   Miyazaki, Y ^a   Hiraoka, S ^a   Matsuzawa, Y ^a   Kamada, T ^a   Hori, M ^a   Maeda, T ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Kaigen Pharma Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREASE; WATER;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ELECTROLYSIS; ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MALE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; VIRUS;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; MALE; RABBITS; WATER;

EID: 0032885330     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-55     Document Type: Article

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