Methodology of reprocessing one-time use accessories

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 379-384

  Wilcox, C M ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034101496     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1052-5157(18)30139-9     Document Type: Review

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