Investigating the failure of repeated standard cleaning and disinfection of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected pancreatic and biliary endoscope

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2015, Pages e43-e46

  Qiu, Lijun ^a   Zhou, Zhihui ^a   Liu, Qifang ^a   Ni, Yuhua ^a   Zhao, Feng ^a   Cheng, Hao ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Endoscope; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE; PHTHALALDEHYDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY ENDOSCOPE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLEANING; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPE; DISINFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE BILIARY DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; PANCREATIC ENDOSCOPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VERY ELDERLY; ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84938293053     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.04.204     Document Type: Article

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