Endoscopic shuffling, infection control, and the clinical practice of push enteroscopy

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-115

  Muscarella, Lawrence F ^a  

^a Custom Ultrasonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT;

COLONOSCOPE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DISINFECTION; ECONOMICS; ENTEROPATHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PACKAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECYCLING; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SMALL INTESTINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COLONOSCOPES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT REUSE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRODUCT LABELING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34247394672     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SGA.0000267931.51995.86     Document Type: Article

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