Reprocessing semicritical items: Outbreaks and current issues
Public Deposited- Creator
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Rutala, W.A.
- School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
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Weber, D.J.
- School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
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Rutala, W.A.
- Abstract
- Semicritical medical devices are defined as items that come into contact with mucous membranes or nonintact skin (eg, gastrointestinal endoscopes, endocavitary probes). Such medical devices require minimally high-level disinfection. As 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 as more outbreaks have been linked to inadequately cleaned or disinfected endoscopes and other semicritical items than any other reusable medical devices.
- Date of publication
- 2019
- DOI
- Identifier
- PMID:31146856
- https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.01.015
- Resource type
- Article
- Rights statement
- In Copyright
- Journal title
- American Journal of Infection Control
- Journal volume
- 47
- Page start
- A79
- Page end
- A89
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0196-6553
- Publisher
- Mosby Inc.
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