[Laparoscopic instruments in practical clinical tests--prospective study of functional aspects and residual contamination].
Wear, tear, and possible contamination after 100 clinical cycles of three test trays were investigated on laparoscopic "tracer" instruments in a prospective clinical study. Failure was below 4 per 100 laparoscopies, and remaining contamination was detected after passing 100 cycles in 20%, which happened to control instruments from open surgery as well. Further clinical data of contamination levels for apparently clean instruments must be collected to evaluate and correlate to microbiological testing.
Fengler
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Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus Moabit, Berlin.
Pahlke
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Kraas
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D015331:Cohort Studies; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013242:Sterilization
Laparoskopie-Instrumente im praktischen Kliniktest--Prospektive Studie zu Funktionalität und Restkontamination.