Bronchoscope Reprocessing and Infection Prevention and Control: Bronchoscopy-Specific Guidelines Are Needed

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 307-314

  Srinivasan, Arjun ^a,b   Wolfenden, Linda L ^a   Song, Xiaoyan ^a   Perl, Trish M ^a   Haponik, Edward F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Infection control; Reprocessing

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 1642534551     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.1.307     Document Type: Article

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