Follow-up and management of patients exposed to a flawed automated endoscope washer-disinfector in a digestive diseases unit. |
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| Authors: | Philippe Vanhems Angele Gayet-Ageron Thierry Ponchon Claude Bernet Jean-Alain Chayvialle Christine Chemorin Leone Morandat Marie-Ange Bibollet Philippe Chevallier Jacques Ritter Jacques Fabry |
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| Affiliation: | Unite d'Epidemiologie et d'Hygiene Hospitaliere, Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France. Philipva@lyon-sud.univ-lyon1.fr |
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The possible transmission of pathogens to 236 persons exposed to an endoscope processed in a flawed automated endoscope washer-disinfector in a gastrointestinal endoscopy unit was investigated. During 6 months, 197 patients (83.5%) were followed up, and no cases of acute human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus, or hepatitis B virus infection were observed. This event created the conditions for improvements in safety procedures. |
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