Simethicone residue remains inside gastrointestinal endoscopes despite reprocessing

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1237-1240

  Ofstead, Cori L ^a   Wetzler, Harry P ^a   Johnson, Ellen A ^a   Heymann, Otis L ^a   Maust, Thomas J ^b   Shaw, Michael J ^b  

^a Ofstead and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilm; colonoscope; contamination; Endoscope; epidemiology; gastroscope; simethicone

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELLULOSE; DRUG RESIDUE; PROTEIN; SIMETHICONE; ANTIFOAMING AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED ENDOSCOPE REPROCESSOR; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BORESCOPE; COLONOSCOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; ENDOSCOPIC ACCESSORY; GASTROSCOPE; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DECONTAMINATION; DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPE; PROCEDURES;

ANTIFOAMING AGENTS; DECONTAMINATION; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; SIMETHICONE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84994131607     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.016     Document Type: Article

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