HIGH-LEVEL DISINFECTANTS ALTERNATIVE TO GLUTARALDEHYDE FOR PROCESSING FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPES

• Päätekijät: Eliane Molina Psaltikidis (Tekijä), Mirtes Loeschner Leichsenring (Tekijä), Marlene Hitomi Yoshida Nakamura (Tekijä), Joaquim Murray Bustorff-Silva (Tekijä), Luis Augusto Passer (Tekijä), Sonia Isoyama Venâncio (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Flexible endoscopes are fundamental in various medical specialities; in general they are heat-sensitive, semi-critical, and subject to high level disinfection. Glutaraldehyde is largely used for this purpose, due to its high compatibility and low-cost. However, its tolerance of mycobacteria and occu...