ESGE-ESGENA guideline for quality assurance in reprocessing: Microbiological surveillance testing in endoscopy

Endoscopy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-181

  Beilenhoff, U ^a   Neumann, C S ^b   Rey, J F ^c   Biering, H ^d   Blum, R ^e   Schmidt, V ^a  

^a City Hospital NHS Trust ^*  (Germany)

^b INSTITUT ARNAULT TZANCK   (France)

^c ECOLAB DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^d Olympus Medical Systems Europa GmbH   (Germany)

^e Chemische Fabrik Dr Weigert GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY CONTROL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; EUROPE; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33947136836     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-945181     Document Type: Article

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