Clinical Endoscopy

Monthly endoscopy surveillance culture facilitates detection of breaches in the scope reprocessing procedure: 5‐year experience in an endoscopy center

Shu‐Hui Chen, Theophile Liu, Huei‐Wen Lai, Hui‐Lan Chang, Hsu‐Heng Yen

Advances in Digestive Medicine.2022; 9(2): 103. CrossRef

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy-Associated Infections: Update on an Emerging Issue

Anasua Deb, Abhilash Perisetti, Hemant Goyal, Mark M. Aloysius, Sonali Sachdeva, Dushyant Dahiya, Neil Sharma, Nirav Thosani

Digestive Diseases and Sciences.2022; 67(5): 1718. CrossRef

Microbiological Surveillance of Endoscopes in a Southern Italian Transplantation Hospital: A Retrospective Study from 2016 to 2019

Valentina Marchese, Daniele Di Carlo, Gaetano Fazio, Santi Mauro Gioè, Angelo Luca, Rossella Alduino, Monica Rizzo, Fabio Tuzzolino, Francesco Monaco, Pier Giulio Conaldi, Bruno Douradinha, Giuseppina Di Martino

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2021; 18(6): 3057. CrossRef

The application of plan, do, check, act (PDCA) quality management in reducing nosocomial infections in endoscopy rooms: It does work

Xiaoming Kong, Xiaolu Zhu, Yidan Zhang, Jie Wu

International Journal of Clinical Practice.2021;[Epub] CrossRef

Does the Reprocessing of Endoscopes Have to Take Place Immediately after Pre-Cleaning? A First Evaluation

Vanessa M Eichel, Jonas M Jabs, Samy Unser, Nico T Mutters, Martin Scherrer

Clinical Endoscopy.2021; 54(4): 526. CrossRef

Turbulent fluid flow is a novel closed-system sample extraction method for flexible endoscope channels of various inner diameters

Seo Yean Sohn, Michelle J. Alfa, Richard Lai, Yacoob Tabani, Mohamed E. Labib

Journal of Microbiological Methods.2020; 168: 105782. CrossRef

Duodenoscope as a Vector for Transmission

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America.2020; 30(4): 653. CrossRef

A Prospective, Randomized Comparison of Duodenoscope Reprocessing Surveillance Methods

Travis J. De Wolfe, Nasia Safdar, Megan Meller, John Marx, Patrick R. Pfau, Eric M. Nelsen, Mark E. Benson, Anurag Soni, Mark Reichelderfer, Megan Duster, Deepak V. Gopal

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.2019; 2019: 1. CrossRef

Comparative Study of Microbiological Monitoring Results from Three Types of Sampling Methods after Gastrointestinal Endoscope Reprocessing

Su Ma, Lili Feng, Ziyi Jiang, Xian Gao, Xisha Long, Shaonan Zhuang, Wenxia Ding, Taiyao Chen, Zhaoshen Li, Lingjuan Zhang, Huijun Xi, Hongzhi Zhang

BioMed Research International.2019; 2019: 1. CrossRef

Métodos microbiológicos para la monitorización de la limpieza, desinfección y esterilización de dispositivos médicos

Rosa María Blázquez-Garrido, Eva Cuchí-Burgos, Carmen Martín-Salas, Patricia Ruiz-Garbajosa

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica.2018; 36(10): 657. CrossRef

The validity of adenosine triphosphate measurement in detecting endoscope contamination

C.E. McCafferty, D. Abi-Hanna, M.J. Aghajani, G.T. Micali, I. Lockart, K. Vickery, I.B. Gosbell, S.O. Jensen

Journal of Hospital Infection.2018; 100(3): e142. CrossRef

Microbiological monitoring of medical devices after cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation

Rosa María Blázquez-Garrido, Eva Cuchí-Burgos, Carmen Martín-Salas, Patricia Ruiz-Garbajosa

Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.).2018; 36(10): 657. CrossRef

Association Between Storage Interval and Contamination of Reprocessed Flexible Endoscopes in a Pediatric Gastrointestinal Procedural Unit

Patricia Scanlon, Kathleen Flaherty, Erik A. Reilly, Ellen G. Barth, Gail Potter-Bynoe, Jeff Cardini, Ann Marie Riley, Alexander J. McAdam, Thomas J. Sandora

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.2017; 38(2): 131. CrossRef

Surveillance of Endoscopes: Comparison of Different Sampling Techniques

Lien Cattoir, Thomas Vanzieleghem, Lisa Florin, Tania Helleputte, Martine De Vos, Bruno Verhasselt, Jerina Boelens, Isabel Leroux-Roels

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.2017; 38(9): 1062. CrossRef

Education and Training Guidelines for the Board of the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Hee Seok Moon, Eun Kwang Choi, Ji Hyun Seo, Jeong Seop Moon, Ho June Song, Kyoung Oh Kim, Jong Jin Hyun, Sung Kwan Shin, Beom Jae Lee, Sang Heon Lee

Clinical Endoscopy.2017; 50(4): 345. CrossRef

Sterile Reverse Osmosis Water Combined with Friction Are Optimal for Channel and Lever Cavity Sample Collection of Flexible Duodenoscopes

Michelle J. Alfa, Harminder Singh, Zoann Nugent, Donald Duerksen, Gale Schultz, Carol Reidy, Patricia DeGagne, Nancy Olson

Frontiers in Medicine.2017;[Epub] CrossRef

The Assessment and Improvement of the Steps in the Endoscope-Reprocessing: A Hospital Report

Journal of Bacteriology & Mycology: Open Access.2017;[Epub] CrossRef

Duodenoscope-Associated Bacterial Infections: A Review and Update

Jennifer T. Higa, Michael Gluck, Andrew S. Ross

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology.2016; 14(2): 185. CrossRef