ASGE guideline for infection control during GI endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1167-1179

  Calderwood, Audrey H ^a   Day, Lukejohn W ^a   Muthusamy, V Raman ^a   Collins, James ^a   Hambrick, Ralph David ^a   Brock, Andrew S ^a   Guda, Nalini M ^a   Buscaglia, Jonathan M ^a   Petersen, Bret T ^a   Buttar, Navtej S ^a   Khanna, Lauren G ^a   Kushnir, Vladimir M ^a   Repaka, Aparna ^a   Villa, Nicolas A ^a   Eisen, Glenn M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLEANING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; STORAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION;

DETERGENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STERILIZATION;

EID: 85044255380     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2017.12.009     Document Type: Article

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