Dear Los Angeles Times: the risk of disease transmission during gastrointestinal endoscopy.
This is the second in a series of articles that review media reports investigating the risk of disease transmission associated with gastrointestinal flexible endoscopy. The first article in this series, "


CONCLUSIONS
Do Scopes Spread Sickness?'' was published in this journal in 1999 (Gastroenterology Nursing, 22(4), 179-180).
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Lawrence F
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Infection Control, Custom Ultrasonics Inc., 144 Railroad Drive, Ivyland, PA 18974, USA. lfm@myendosite.com
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D020776:Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000382:microbiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000821:virology; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017743:Equipment Reuse; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology