Infection control during GI endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 781-790

  Banerjee, Subhas ^a   Shen, Bo ^a   Nelson, Douglas B ^a   Lichtenstein, David R ^a   Baron, Todd H ^a   Anderson, Michelle A ^a   Dominitz, Jason A ^a   Gan, S Ian ^a   Harrison, M Edwyn ^a   Ikenberry, Steven O ^a   Jagannath, Sanjay B ^a   Fanelli, Robert D ^a   Lee, Ken ^a   van Guilder, Trina ^a   Stewart, Leslie E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLEANING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOSCOPE; ENTEROBACTER; FUNGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KLEBSIELLA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARASITE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STORAGE; STRONGYLOIDES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS;

EID: 42749089464     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.01.027     Document Type: Article

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