Cleaning and disinfection in gastrointestinal endoscopy: Current status in Romania

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-93

  Frǎţilǎ, Ovidiu ^a,c   Tanţǎu, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA   (Romania)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c 2nd Medical Clinic   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Disinfection sterilization; Gastrointestinal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ETHYLENE OXIDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ROMANIA;

DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; ROMANIA;

EID: 33744944274     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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