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Current issues in endoscope reprocessing and infection control during gastrointestinal endoscopy.

Douglas B Nelson, Lawrence F Muscarella.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to review the evidence regarding transmission of infection during gastrointestinal endoscopy, factors important in endoscope reprocessing and infection control, areas to focus on to improve compliance, and recent developments and advances in the field.

Entities: Disease

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Substances：
Disinfectants

Year: 2006 PMID： 16810740 PMCID： PMC4087702 DOI： 10.3748/wjg.v12.i25.3953

Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Gastroenterol ISSN： 1007-9327 Impact factor: 5.742

157 in total

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Journal: J Hosp Infect Date: 2000-09 Impact factor: 3.926

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Journal: Am J Infect Control Date: 1997-06 Impact factor: 2.918

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Journal: Br Med J Date: 1978-02-11

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Journal: Am J Med Date: 1991-09-16 Impact factor: 4.965

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Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Date: 1991-05 Impact factor: 3.254

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23 in total

1. Use of flexible endoscopes for NOTES: sterilization or high-level disinfection?

Authors: Georg O Spaun; Trudie A Goers; Richard A Pierce; Maria A Cassera; Sandy Scovil; Lee L Swanstrom
Journal: Surg Endosc Date: 2009-12-24 Impact factor: 4.584

Review 2. Duodenoscope-Associated Infections: Update on an Emerging Problem.

Authors: M Rubayat Rahman; Abhilash Perisetti; Roxana Coman; Pardeep Bansal; Rajiv Chhabra; Hemant Goyal
Journal: Dig Dis Sci Date: 2018-12-19 Impact factor: 3.199

3. Prospective comparative study between the effect of CIDEX^® OPA and STERRAD NX on the durability of digital flexible ureteroscope.

Authors: Saeed H Al Qahtani; Mohamed H Abdelhamied; Abdulrahman H AlMuhrij; Mizyad Y Al Rawashada; Ahmed M Al Askar; Amr M Abdelhamid; Tarek K Fath El-Bab; Ehab M Galal; Mahmoud S Eladawy
Journal: World J Urol Date: 2019-05-13 Impact factor: 4.226

Review 4. Risk of transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and related "superbugs" during gastrointestinal endoscopy.

Authors: Lawrence F Muscarella
Journal: World J Gastrointest Endosc Date: 2014-10-16