Duodenoscope-Associated Infections beyond the Elevator Channel: Alternative Causes for Difficult Reprocessing.
Gheorghe G BalanIrina RoscaElena-Laura UrsuAdrian FifereCristian-Dragos VarganiciFlorica DorofteiIoana-Andreea Turin-MoleavinVasile ŞandruGabriel ConstantinescuDaniel Vasile TimofteGabriela StefanescuAnca TrifanCatalin Victor SfartiPublished in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (2019)
The study describes the impact of routine procedural use and reprocessing cycles on the duodenoscope, showing that these may possibly make it susceptible to bacterial contamination and MDRO biofilm formation due to difficult reprocessing of the altered surfaces.