Disinfection and endoscopy: Microbial considerations

Disinfection, sterilization, and preservation

1983 • 1,751 citations

Manual of Clinical Microbiology

1991 • 1,055 citations

Disinfection, sterilization, and preservation

1991 • 972 citations

APIC guideline for selection and use of disinfectants

1990 • 569 citations

Stability and Inactivation of HTLV-III/LAV Under Clinical and Laboratory Environments

1986 • 380 citations

Disinfection and Inactivation of the Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type III/Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus

1985 • 371 citations

Recommendations for Prevention of HIV Transmission in Health-Care Settings

1988 • 323 citations

INACTIVATION OF LYMPHADENOPATHY ASSOCIATED VIRUS BY CHEMICAL DISINFECTANTS

1984 • 243 citations

Endoscopic transmission of hepatitis B virus.

1983 • 219 citations

Inactivation of hepatitis B virus by intermediate-to-high-level disinfectant chemicals

1983 • 189 citations

Cleaning and disinfection of equipment for gastrointestinal flexible endoscopy: interim recommendations of a Working Party of the British Society of Gastroenterology.

1988 • 170 citations

Centers for Disease Control

1984 • 162 citations

Pseudomonas infection of the biliary system resulting from use of a contaminated endoscope

1987 • 152 citations

Bronchopulmonary Cross-Colonization and Infection Related to Mycobacterial Contamination of Suction Valves of Bronchoscopes

1989 • 128 citations

Susceptibility of hepatitis B virus to disinfectants or heat

1984 • 117 citations

Chemical colitis due to endoscope cleaning solutions: A mimic of pseudomembranous colitis

1988 • 114 citations

CLEANING AND DISINFECTION OF EQUIPMENT FOR GASTROINTESTINAL FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPY - INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS OF A WORKING PARTY OF THE BRITISH-SOCIETY-OF-GASTROENTEROLOGY - REPLY

1988 • 104 citations

Salmonella newport infections transmitted by fiberoptic colonoscopy

1987 • 103 citations

Outbreak of Serratia Marcescens Associated with the Flexible Fiberbronchoscope

1975 • 95 citations

Infection control during gastrointestinal endoscopy. Guidelines for clinical application.

1988 • 27 citations

Dilution of glutaraldehyde by automatic endoscope machine washers: The need for a quality control program

1987 • 17 citations

Decontamination of fibreoptic endoscopes

1985 • 17 citations

Pseudomonas aeruginosa 010 outbreak following inadequate disinfection of endoscopes for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

1987 • 1 citations