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Bacterial presence on flexible endoscopes vs time since disinfection

AIM: To correlate the length of endoscope hang time and number of bacteria cultured prior to use. METHODS: Prospectively, we cultured specimens from 19 gastroscopes, 24 colonoscopes and 5 side viewing duodenoscopes during the period of 2011 to 2015. A total of 164 results had complete data denoting...

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Autores principales: Mallette, Katlin I, Pieroni, Peter, Dhalla, Sonny S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5769004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29375742
http://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v10.i1.51