Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic ultrasound endoscope reprocessing: Variables impacting contamination risk.

Ashley M AyresJulia WozniakJose O'NeilKimberly StewartJohn St LegerA William PasculleCasey LewisKevin McGrathAdam SlivkaGraham M Snyder

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)

We did not detect a significant reduction in endoscope contamination using HLD-ETO versus dHLD reprocessing. Linear echoendoscopes have a risk of contamination similar to that of duodenoscopes. Disposable tips may reduce the risk of duodenoscope contamination.

Keyphrases

risk assessment
drinking water
health risk
ultrasound guided
human health
magnetic resonance imaging
heavy metals
computed tomography