Maintenance of gastrointestinal endoscopes

Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 254-261

  Shumway, Renee ^a   Broussard, John D ^a  

^a ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ENZYME; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; PERACETIC ACID; PHTHALALDEHYDE; WATER;

AIR; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; ELECTRICITY; ENDOSCOPE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORCEPS; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTICE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MICROORGANISM; PERSONNEL; REVIEW; STOMACH BIOPSY; STORAGE; TUBE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECYCLING;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISINFECTION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT REUSE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 1342310951     PISSN: 10962867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-2867(03)00073-2     Document Type: Article

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