A prospective study of the efficacy of routine decontamination for gastrointestinal endoscopes and the risk factors for failure

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 274-280

  Bisset, Linda ^a   Cossart, Yvonne E ^a   Selby, Warwick ^b   West, Richard ^b   Catterson, Denise ^b   O'Hara, Kate ^a   Vickery, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONOSCOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROSCOPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; COLONOSCOPES; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GLUTARAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33744810095     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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