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Endowashers: an overlooked risk for possible post-endoscopic infections

Background: Prevention of post-endoscopy infections is an important objective to assure patient safety. Endowashers, or high throughput irrigation water pumps, are a frequently used device on endoscopes. Recommendations published by professional bodies and regulatory health agencies cover not only a...

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Autores principales:	Hübner, Nils-Olaf, Assadian, Ojan, Poldrack, Rosmarie, Duty, Oliver, Schwarzer, Heinrich, Möller, Hiltraud, Kober, Paul, Räther, Malte, Schröder, Lutz Werner, Sinha, Jeanette, Lerch, Markus M., Kramer, Axel
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2011
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3252647/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22242094 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000170

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