Increasing potential risks of contamination from repetitive use of endoscope

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages e13-e17

  Lee, Dae Hyung ^a   Kim, Dong Bin ^b   Kim, Hyun Yong ^a   Baek, Hyun Sook ^a   Kwon, Soon Young ^b   Lee, Mi Hee ^b   Park, Jong Chul ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flexible endoscope; Infection; Reprocessing; Reusable medical device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENDOSCOPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; BACTERIAL LOAD; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING;

BACTERIAL LOAD; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT REUSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84929513821     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.01.017     Document Type: Article

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