Sterilization of endoscopic instruments

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 524-

  Mattke, Soeren ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CARCINOGENICITY; CLEANING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPE; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPE; FIBEROSCOPE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LETTER; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; DUODENOSCOPE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CARBAPENEMS; DISINFECTION; DUODENOSCOPES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84922470440     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.17581     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Rutala WA,Weber DJ. Gastrointestinal endoscopes: a need to shift from disinfection to sterilization? JAMA. 2014;312(14):1405-1406.