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The Use of Channel-Purge Storage for Gastrointestinal Endoscopes Reduces Microbial Contamination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2015

Philippe Saliou ,
Franck Cholet ,
Julien Jézéquel ,
Michel Robaszkiewicz ,
Hervé Le Bars  and
Raoul Baron
Philippe Saliou*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Brest Teaching Hospital, Brest, France
Franck Cholet
Affiliation:
Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Brest Teaching Hospital, Brest, France
Julien Jézéquel
Affiliation:
Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Brest Teaching Hospital, Brest, France
Michel Robaszkiewicz
Affiliation:
Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Brest Teaching Hospital, Brest, France Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
Hervé Le Bars
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Brest Teaching Hospital, Brest, France.
Raoul Baron
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Brest Teaching Hospital, Brest, France
*
Address correspondence to Philippe Saliou, MD, Service d’hygiène hospitalière, CHRU Morvan, 2 avenue Foch, 29200 Brest, France (philippe.saliou@chu-brest.fr).
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Abstract

Storage cabinets for heat-sensitive endoscopes (SCHEs) are designed to store gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes in a clean, dry and well-ventilated cupboard to prevent microbiological proliferation. The use of SCHEs in a GI endoscopy unit has significally reduced the rate of contaminated endoscopes (13.0% vs 45.0%, P<.001).

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;36(9):1100–1102

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 9 , September 2015 , pp. 1100 - 1102
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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