The Quality Assurance in Endoscopy Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy (ASGE) updated and revised this document, which was originally prepared by …

The Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008, presents
evidencebased recommendations on the preferred methods for cleaning, disinfection and …

Failure to perform proper disinfection and sterilization of medical devices may lead to
introduction of pathogens, resulting in infection. The method of disinfection and sterilization …

BACKGROUND Despite the large number and variety of GI endoscopic procedures
performed, documented instances of infectious complications remain rare, with an estimated …

Endoscopes are used frequently for the diagnosis and therapy of medical disorders. For
example, greater than 10,000,000 gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures are performed …

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Guidelines for reprocessing flexible endoscopes have been published in many countries.
The present survey investigated compliance with German guidelines in all hospitals and …

Endoskopische Untersuchungen sind ein wichtiger Teil der modernen medizinischen
Diagnostik und Therapie. Diese invasiven Methoden sind jedoch mit einem Infektionsrisiko …

La garantía de calidad en la higiene y el control de infecciones es una herramienta
importante para prevenir las infecciones asociadas a la atención de salud. En endoscopia …

Consenso de procesamiento de endoscopios flexibles Page 1 1 Consenso de procesamiento de
endoscopios flexibles Claudia I. Blanco-Vela1, Mario Peláez-Luna2,3,4*, Clara L …