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- Title
Practical Experience of Endoscope Reprocessing and Working- Platform Disinfection in COVID-19 Patients: A Report from Guangdong China during the Pandemic.
- Authors
Xianqi Lin; Zhenyi Zhang; Minzhao Gao; Zhenling Zhang; Zhidong Lin; Siwen Huang; Jiangnan Ren; Meijuan Luo; Xiaoqing Xu; Guilan Chen; Hongjun Chen; Renxu Lai; Xiaochun Wu; Lihua Zhang; Xiaofeng Li
- Abstract
Background. No consensus exists regarding which procedures should be performed to disinfect endoscopes and working platforms after COVID-19 patients have undergone endoscopy. Methods. We analyzed the disinfection quality of endoscopes and working platforms after 11 COVID-19 patients had undergone endoscopy. Conclusions. For endoscopic preprocessing at the bedside, a key disinfection step is using a multienzyme stock solution. The nucleic acid tests for endoscopists, washers, endoscopes, and working platforms were all negative. Based on our experience with the 11 COVID-19 patients who had undergone endoscopy, we provide an endoscopic reprocessing method for the bedside endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients for reference.
- Subjects
GUANGDONG Sheng (China); CHINA; COVID-19; COVID-19 treatment; PANDEMICS; COVID-19 testing; ENDOSCOPES
- Publication
Gastroenterology Research & Practice, 2020, Vol 2020, p1
- ISSN
1687-6121
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2020/9869742