Reprocessing failure

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 869-871

  Banerjee, Subhas ^a   Nelson, Douglas B ^a   Dominitz, Jason A ^a   Ikenberry, Steven O ^a   Anderson, Michelle A ^a   Cash, Brooks D ^a   Gan, Seng Ian ^a   Harrison III, M Edwyn ^a   Shen, Bo ^a   Baron, Todd H ^a   Van Guilder, Trina ^a   Lee, Kenneth K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

DISCLOSURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; INFECTION;

EID: 35348944777     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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