Usefulness of orthophthalaldehyde for disinfection of gastrointestinal endoscopes

Endoscopic Forum for Digestive Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 184-192

  Okimura, Yukie ^a   Akamatsu, Taiji ^a   Takizawa, Takeko ^a   Yano, Izumi ^a   Nakamura, Naoshi ^b   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^b   Katsuyama, Tsutomu ^a   Shigeno, Takashi ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c National Nagano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Endoscope; Orthophthalaldehyde

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; GLUTARALDEHYDE; PHTHALALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; AUTOMATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 1842513304     PISSN: 09120505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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