Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6241674 | Respiratory Medicine | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The results of our study support to improve the final reprocessing of bronchoscope channels by means of additional manual flushing with 70% ethyl alcohol after each disinfection cycle. Routine microbiologic monitoring of endoscopes is both time-consuming and expensive but could be saved by implementing a highly efficient decontaminating procedure.
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Authors
Laura Gavaldà , Ana Rosa Olmo, Raquel Hernández, M.Angeles DomÃnguez, Mathew Robert Salamonsen, Josefina Ayats, Fernando Alcaide, Ana Soriano, Antoni Rosell,