Comparative cost-efficiency of the EVOTECH endoscope cleaner and reprocessor versus manual cleaning plus automated endoscope reprocessing in a real-world Canadian hospital endoscopy setting

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Forte, Lindy ^a   Shum, Cynthia ^b  

^a VALORE Consulting   (Canada)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BRONCHOSCOPE; CANADA; CLEANING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOSCOPE; GASTROSCOPE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; AUTOMATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RECYCLING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTOMATION; CANADA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 80053443051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-11-105     Document Type: Article

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