Technologies for monitoring the quality of endoscope reprocessing Prepared by

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 369-373

  Komanduri, Sri ^a   Abu Dayyeh, Barham K ^a   Bhat, Yasser M ^a   Chauhan, Shailendra S ^a   Gottlieb, Klaus T ^a   Hwang, Joo Ha ^a   Konda, Vani ^a   Lo, Simon K ^a   Manfredi, Michael ^a   Maple, John T ^a   Murad, Faris M ^a   Siddiqui, Uzma D ^a   Wallace, Michael B ^a   Banerjee, Subhas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Abbreviations; adenosine triphosphate; AER; ATP; automated endoscope reprocessor; ESGE; ESGENA; European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates; European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; high level disinfection; HLD; relative light units; RLU

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBOHYDRATE; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTEIN;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE BIOLUMINESCENCE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOBURDEN ASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CLEANING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TURNAROUND TIME; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPE; LUMINESCENCE; RECYCLING; STANDARDS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBOHYDRATES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PROTEINS;

EID: 84906316363     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.01.044     Document Type: Article

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