What's new in reprocessing endoscopes: Are we going to ensure "the needs of the patient come first" by shifting from disinfection to sterilization?


Journal

American journal of infection control
ISSN: 1527-3296
Titre abrégé: Am J Infect Control
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8004854

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 2019
Historique:
entrez: 1 6 2019
pubmed: 31 5 2019
medline: 29 7 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Millions of gastrointestinal endoscopes are performed each year in the United States. Gastrointestinal endoscopes become highly contaminated during use (ie, internal channels contain 7-10-log

Identifiants

pubmed: 31146853
pii: S0196-6553(19)30058-6
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.01.017
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

A62-A66

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Auteurs

William A Rutala (WA)

Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: brutala@med.unc.edu.

Hajime Kanamori (H)

Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnostics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

Emily E Sickbert-Bennett (EE)

Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

David J Weber (DJ)

Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

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