title: The new requirements of endoscopy.
abstract: The following on new requirements of endoscopy contains commentaries on the risk of infection in endoscopy, the need to eliminate contamination, and the use of a disposable system in transnasal endoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heeg
authors.forename: Ingo F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Herrmann
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology