Scientific Evidence and Publications

Publications

• M. Ribeiro, A. de Oliveira. Analysis of the air/water channels of gastrointestinal endoscopies as a risk factor for the transmission of microorganisms among patients. AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control - December 2012 (Vol. 40, Issue 10, Pages 913-916, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.02.005)
• M. Ribeiro, A. Oliveira,S. Ribeiro, et. al. Effectiveness of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscope Reprocessing. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 34, No. 3 (March 2013), pp. 309-312. Article DOI: 10.1086/669518
• Bajolet O, Ciocan D, Vallet C, et. al. Gastroscopy-associated transmission of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Hosp Infect. 2013 Jan 18. pii: S0195-6701(12)00402-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.10.016.
• Nelson DB. Infection control during gastrointestinal endoscopy. J Lab Clin Med. 2003 Mar;141(3):159-67.
• L. Muscarella. Evaluation of the Risk of Transmission of Bacterial Biofilms and Clostridium difficile During Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Gastroenterology Nursing: January/February 2010 doi: 10.1097/SGA.0b013e3181cd199f
• Forte L, Shum C. Comparative cost-efficiency of the EVOTECH endoscope cleaner and reprocessor versus manual cleaning plus automated endoscope reprocessing in a real-world Canadian hospital endoscopy setting. BMC Gastroenterol. 2011 Oct 3;11:105.
• L. Lesher, et. al. Healthcare Reported Endoscope Reprocessing Breaches, in Minnesota.  Minnesota Department of Health. 2011
• A. Adisesh,et. al, Occupational asthma and rhinitis due to detergent enzymes in healthcare Occup Med (Lond) (2011) 61(5): 364-369 doi:10.1093/occmed/kqr107
• T Grenkova*, E Selkova, V Aleshkin and A Melkumyan. Ensuring Infectious Safety of Colonoscopy. BMC Proceedings 2011, 5(Suppl 6):P309 doi:10.1186/1753-6561-5-S6-P309
• S.Tschudin-Sutter, R. Frei, G. Kampf, M. Tamm, E. Pflimlin, M. Battegay and A. Franz Widmer. Emergence of Glutaraldehyde-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Vol. 32, No. 12 (December 2011), pp. 1173-1178. Article DOI: 10.1086/662624
• Jolly, J. D., Hildebrand, E. A., Branaghan, R. J., Garland, T. B., Epstein, D., Babcock-Parziale, J. and Brown, V. (2012), Patient safety and reprocessing: A usability test of the endoscope reprocessing procedure. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 22: 39–51. doi: 10.1002/hfm.20278
• C. Ofstead, H. Wetzler, A. Snyder, R. Horton. Endoscope Reprocessing Methods. A Prospective Study on the Impact of Human Factors and Automation. Gastroenterology Nursing 2010;33:4.
• M. Alfa, P. Degagne, N. Olson, I. Fatima. EVOTECH^® Endoscope Cleaner and Reprocessor (ECR) simulated-use and clinical-use evaluation of cleaning efficacy. BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10:200
• S. Drysdale. The Incidence of Upper Extremity Injuries in Canadian Endoscopy Nurses. Gastroenterology Nurses and Association, Volume 34, Number 1, 2011