Efficacy of the manual cleaning of endoscopes;Wirksamkeit der manuellen reinigung von endoskopen

Zentralsterilisation - Central Service

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 345-357

  Cronmiller, J R ^b,c   Kim, C H ^b,c   Cuminale, S A ^b,c   Antloga, K M ^d   McDonnell, Gerald ^a,d  

^a STERIS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d STERIS Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Endoscopy; Soil

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

CLEANING; COLONOSCOPE; CONTAMINATION; DUODENOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPE; GASTROSCOPE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

EID: 33750987681     PISSN: 09426086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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