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Automated endoscope reprocessing:
- A checklist for purchase of automated endoscope reprocessors (AERS) or "systems." Acta Endoscopica 2000;30 - Supplément 2(3). 349-57.
- Olympus checklist for reprocessing GI endoscopes (manual, automated).
- FDA, CDC Public Health Advisory (1999)
- CDC. Bronchoscopy-Related Infections and Pseudoinfections. MMWR July 09, 1999;48(26);557.
Central supply processing:
- Traffic flow in a central supply department.
- OSAP Position Paper: Instrument Processing: January, 1997.
- The Basics of Processing and Sterilization (Sterile and Materials Processing)
- A day in the life of an instruments in the sterile processing cycle.
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Other topics:
- HICPAC's Draft guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities.
- CJD: WHO infection control guidelines for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
- Is it safe to use alcohol-based products in the OR? (Rednova; question #2)
- Helicobacter pylori: That little bug which changed the course of modern medicine
- Resale value of colonoscopes fuels thefts. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 10-01-05
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- Abdominal tuberculosis
- Observing Standard Precautions in the Operating Room
- Standard Precautions, Transmission-based Precautions
- A checklist for purchasing a washer-disinfector for flexible endoscopes
- Polyester instead of silk suture loops for AOAC sporidical test?
- Spaulding's classification, examples
- An example of a state's rules and regulations for hospitals
- Device classifications, examples; Levels of disinfection
- More on device classifications, examples; Levels of disinfection
- Methods of disinfection
- Controversial NY sterilization bill
- What is ERCP?
- Mycobacterial disease associated with contaminated medical equipment
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Richard J. Wallace, Jr., Barbara A. Brown, and David E. Griffith. Noscomial outbreaks/pseudo outbreaks caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Annual Review of Microbiology Vol. 52: 453-490 (Volume publication date October 1998).
Daniel A. Culver, Steven M. Gordon and Atul C. Mehta. Infection Control in the Bronchoscopy Suite. A Review of Outbreaks and Guidelines for Prevention. Am J Respir Critical Care Med 2003;167:1050-1056.
Alan H. Ramsey, MD; Tanya V. Oemig, RM (NRM); et al. An Outbreak of Bronchoscopy-Related Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections Due to Lack of Bronchoscope Leak Testing. Chest 2002;121:976-981.
Spach DH, Silverstein FE, Stamm WE. Transmission of infection by gastrointestinal endoscopy and bronchoscopy. Ann Intern Med 1993 Jan 15;118(2):117-28.
Rutala WA, Weber DJ. New disinfection and sterilization methods. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2001 Mar-Apr;7(2).
Michelle J. Alfa, PhD, Michele Jackson, BS. A new hydrogen peroxide–based medical-device detergent with germicidal properties: Comparison with enzymatic cleaners. Am J Infect Control 2001;29:168-77.
Henri G. Colt, MD, FCCP; et al. Novel Flexible Bronchoscope and Single-Use Disposable-Sheath Endoscope System.* A Preliminary Technology Evaluation. Chest. 2000;118:183-187.© 2000 American College of Chest Physicians.
FDA and CDC PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY: Infections from Endoscopes Inadequately Reprocessed by an Automated Endoscope Reprocessing System (1999).
CDC. Bronchoscopy-Related Infections and Pseudoinfections -- New York, 1996 and 1998. MMWR July 09, 1999;48(26);557.
Gerald McDonnell1,* and A. Denver Russell. Antiseptics and Disinfectants: Activity, Action, and Resistance. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, January 1999, 12(1):147-179.
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- Ciancio A, et al. Digestive endoscopy is not a major risk factor for transmitting hepatitis C virus. Ann Intern Med 2005 Jun 7;142(11):903-9.
- Wenzel RP, Edmond MB. Patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis C virus.
Ann Intern Med 2005 Jun 7;142(11):940-1.
- Tawk HM, et al. Infection in Endoscopy Study Group. The significance of transfusion in the past as a risk for current hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection: a study in endoscopy patients. Transfusion 2005 May;45(5):807-13.
- Chanzy B, et al. Effectiveness of a manual disinfection procedure in eliminating hepatitis C virus from experimentally contaminated endoscopes.
Gastrointest Endosc 1999 Aug;50(2):147-51.
- Bronowicki JP, et al. Patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis C virus during colonoscopy. N Engl J Med 1997 Jul 24;337(4):237-40.
- Viral hepatitis
- The etiology of the hepatitis C virus
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- Is the Chinese horseshoe bat the reservoir of the SARS virus in nature?
- General Information: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) [CDC]
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