Validation of low-temperature steam with formaldehyde sterilization for endoscopes, using validation device

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 928-932

  Kanemitsu, Keiji ^a   Ogawa, Akihisa ^b   Hatori, Tsuruo ^b   Imasaka, Takayuki ^b   Kunishima, Hiroyuki ^b   Inden, Ken ^b   Hatta, Masumitsu ^b   Nakamura, Ichiro ^b   Hirayama, Yoshihiro ^b   Kaku, Mitsuo ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; DUODENOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROSCOPE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER VAPOR;

BACILLACEAE; DISINFECTANTS; DUODENOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FORMALDEHYDE; GASTROSCOPES; STERILIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 27844459453     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.06.055     Document Type: Article

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