Surveillance culture monitoring of double-balloon enteroscopy reprocessing with high-level disinfection

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 427-431

  Chiu, King Wah ^a   Lu, Long Sheng ^a   Wu, Keng Liang ^a   Lin, Ming Tzung ^a   Hu, Ming Luen ^a   Tai, Wei Chen ^a   Chiu, Yi Chun ^a   Chuah, Seng Kee ^a   Hu, Tsung Hui ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automated endoscope washing machine; Double balloon enteroscopy; High level disinfection; Surveillance culture monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGED; ANUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; COLONOSCOPY; DISINFECTION; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURVEILLANCE CULTURE MONITORING;

AGED; BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; DOUBLE-BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84858288229     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2011.02599.x     Document Type: Article

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