Analysis of the air/water channels of gastrointestinal endoscopies as a risk factor for the transmission of microorganisms among patients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 913-916

  Ribeiro, Maíra Marques ^a   De Oliveira, Adriana Cristina ^a,b  

^a Hospital Unimed   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contamination; Effectiveness; Endoscope; Reprocessing

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; COLONOSCOPE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROSCOPE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK; RISK FACTOR; WATER SAMPLING;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BRAZIL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84870467123     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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