Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2638411 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Semicritical medical devices are defined as items that come into contact with mucous membranes or nonintact skin (eg, gastrointestinal endoscopes). Such medical devices require minimally high-level disinfection. Because many of these items are temperature sensitive, low-temperature chemical methods must be used rather than steam sterilization. Strict adherence to current guidelines is required because more outbreaks have been linked to inadequately cleaned or disinfected endoscopes undergoing high-level disinfection than any other medical device.
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Authors
William A. Rutala, David J. Weber,