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Effectiveness of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscope Reprocessing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Maíra Marques Ribeiro ,
Adriana Cristina de Oliveira ,
Silma Maria Cunha Pinheiro Ribeiro ,
Evandro Watanabe ,
Maria Aparecida de Resende Stoianoff  and
José Antonio Guimarāes Ferreira
Maíra Marques Ribeiro*
Affiliation:
Service of Epidemiology and Safety Assistance, Hospital Unimed, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Adriana Cristina de Oliveira
Affiliation:
Department of Basic Nursing, School of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brasilia, Brazil
Silma Maria Cunha Pinheiro Ribeiro
Affiliation:
Department of Basic Nursing, School of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil Deceased
Evandro Watanabe
Affiliation:
Department of Dental Materials and Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry of Ribeirào Preto, University of Sāo Paulo, Sāo Paulo, Brazil
Maria Aparecida de Resende Stoianoff
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
José Antonio Guimarāes Ferreira
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
*
Sergipe Street, 85, 1802, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (mairamarquesribeiro@ yahoo.com.br)
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Abstract

The practice of reprocessing endoscopes and its effectiveness was evaluated in 37 services. Contamination of at least 1 endoscope could be identified in 34 (91.6%) of 37 services. Bacteria, fungi, and/or mycobacteria were isolated from 84.6% (33/39) of the colonoscopes (110–32,000 colony-forming units [CFUs]/mL) and from 80.6% (50/62) of the gastroscopes (100–33,000 CFUs/mL). Not all services followed recommended guidelines. Therefore, patients who underwent gastrointestinal endoscopies were exposed to diverse pathogens.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , March 2013 , pp. 309 - 312
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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