Endoscopic hang time: Can we get some clarity?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1155-1157

  Greenwald, David A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; STERILE WATER;

COLONOSCOPE; COST CONTROL; DISINFECTION; DUODENOSCOPE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPE; HUMIDITY; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; BACTERIAL COUNT; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84927546269     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2015.02.018     Document Type: Editorial

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