Contribution of usage to endoscope working channel damage and bacterial contamination
Lediane de Oliveira dos Santos, Farhana Parvin, A. Huizer-Pajkos, Jing Wang, David W. Inglis, Denise de Andrade, Honghua Hu, Karen Vickery
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EndoscopeForcepsBiomedical engineeringSurface roughnessMedicineTube (container)LubricantEnterococcus faeciumSurgeryComposite materialAnatomyMaterials scienceMicrobiologyBiologyAntibioticsMedical Device Sterilization and DisinfectionEsophageal and GI PathologyInfection Control in Healthcare