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ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2013

Transmission of infection by flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy and bronchoscopy.

Julia Kovaleva, Frans T M Peters, Henny C van der Mei, John E Degener

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readReview
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Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02008825 (Evaluation of the ViSiGiTM Calibration System for Effectiveness With Sleeve Visual Delineation at Various Suction Levels.), which is not on this map. Cited by 159 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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159citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
21.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02008825 phase1unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2014, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of the ViSiGiTM Calibration System for Effectiveness With Sleeve Visual Delineation at Various Suction Levels.

TypeinterventionalSponsorSt. Luke's Hospital and Health Network, PennsylvaniaRan2014 to 2014Enrolled22ConditionsEnhance Delineation of the Stomach Anatomy and the Surgeon's Appreciation of the Extent of Gastric Volume to be Removed, Increase the Safety Profile of the Patient (i.e., Reduce the Likelihood of Accidental Stapling of the Orogastric Tube or Bougie), Reduce the Incidence of OR Contamination/Infection Transmission, Streamline OR Workflow, Resulting in Reduced OR TimeArmsUtilization of ViSiGi calibration tube, Usual non suction Bougie
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

159 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 445 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julia KovalevaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. j.kovaleva@umcg.nl
Frans T M Peters
Henny C van der Mei
John E Degener
University Medical Center Groningen · NLUniversity of Groningen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flexible endoscopy is a widely used diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. Contaminated endoscopes are the medical devices frequently associated with outbreaks of health care-associated infections. Accurate reprocessing of flexible endoscopes involves cleaning and high-level disinfection followed by rinsing and drying before storage. Most contemporary flexible endoscopes cannot be heat sterilized and are designed with multiple channels, which are difficult to clean and disinfect. The ability of bacteria to form biofilms on the inner channel surfaces can contribute to failure of the decontamination process. Implementation of microbiological surveillance of endoscope reprocessing is appropriate to detect early colonization and biofilm formation in the endoscope and to prevent contamination and infection in patients after endoscopic procedures. This review presents an overview of the infections and cross-contaminations related to flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy and bronchoscopy and illustrates the impact of biofilm on endoscope reprocessing and postendoscopic infection.

Indexed as

Bacterial InfectionsBronchoscopyCreutzfeldt-Jakob SyndromeDisinfectionEndoscopy, GastrointestinalHumansIatrogenic DiseaseVirus Diseases

Identifiers

PMID23554415
PMCPMC3623380
OpenAlexW2155820482

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