title: Effectiveness of flexible gastrointestinal endoscope reprocessing.
abstract: The practice of reprocessing endoscopes and its effectiveness was evaluated in 37 services. Contamination of at least 1 endoscope could be identified in 34 (91.6%) of 37 services. Bacteria, fungi, and/or mycobacteria were isolated from 84.6% (33/39) of the colonoscopes (110-32,000 colony-forming units [CFUs]/mL) and from 80.6% (50/62) of the gastroscopes (100-33,000 CFUs/mL). Not all services followed recommended guidelines. Therefore, patients who underwent gastrointestinal endoscopies were exposed to diverse pathogens.
authors: Service of Epidemiology and Safety Assistance, Hospital Unimed, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. mairamarquesribeiro@yahoo.com.br
authors: Maíra Marques
authors: MM
authors: Ribeiro
authors: Adriana Cristina
authors: AC
authors: de Oliveira
authors: Silma Maria Cunha Pinheiro
authors: SM
authors: Ribeiro
authors: Evandro
authors: E
authors: Watanabe
authors: Maria Aparecida
authors: MA
authors: de Resende Stoianoff
authors: José Antônio Guimarães
authors: JA
authors: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020685:Colonoscopes / Q000382:microbiology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004203:Disinfection / Q000592:standards*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020699:Gastroscopes / Q000382:microbiology*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires