Multi-society guideline for reprocessing flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

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AUTOMATION; DISINFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; RECYCLING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT REUSE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642284597     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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