Recent Update of Gastrointestinal Endoscope Reprocessing
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Recent Update of Gastrointestinal Endoscope Reprocessing
As infection-related issues have become one of the most important concerns in endoscopy centers, proper reprocessing of endoscopes has attracted great interest. Compliance with established guidelines for reprocessing is critical to prevent pathogen transmission. However, hospital compliance with guidelines has not been satisfactory. To increase compliance, efforts have focused on developing new...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Endoscopy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2234-2400,2234-2443
DOI: 10.5946/ce.2013.46.3.267