Surveillance culture of endoscope to monitor the quality of high-level disinfection of gastrointestinal reprocessing

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 57, Issue 99-100, 2010, Pages 531-534

  Chiu, King Wah ^a   Fong, Tze Vun ^a   Wu, Keng Liang ^a   Chiu, Yi Chun ^a   Chou, Yeh Pin ^a   Kuo, Chung Mou ^a   Chuah, Seng Kee ^a   Kuo, Chung Huang ^a   Chiou, Shue Shien ^a   ChangChien, Chi Sin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacterial culture; Endoscope; High level disinfection; Reprocessing

Indexed keywords

DISTILLED WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; MACHINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; COLONOSCOPES; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955498404     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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