Multisociety guideline on reprocessing flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes: 2011

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1075-1084

  Petersen, Bret T ^a   Chennat, Jennifer ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^a   Cotton, Peter B ^a   Greenwald, David A ^a   Kowalski, Thomas E ^a   Krinsky, Mary L ^a   Park, Walter G ^a   Pike, Irving M ^a   Romagnuolo, Joseph ^a   Rutala, William A ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION;

EID: 79957789580     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.03.1183     Document Type: Article

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