Reported gastrointestinal endoscope reprocessing lapses: The tip of the iceberg

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1188-1194

  Dirlam Langlay, Alexandra M ^a   Ofstead, Cori L ^a   Mueller, Natalie J ^a   Tosh, Pritish K ^b   Baron, Todd H ^b   Wetzler, Harry P ^a  

^a Ofstead and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Epidemiology; Guideline adherence; High level disinfection; Infection; Instrument cleaning; Multidrug resistant organisms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PUBLICATION; SERRATIA;

COLONOSCOPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIGH-LEVEL DISINFECTION; INFECTION; INSTRUMENT CLEANING; MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT ORGANISMS;

CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84888440591     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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