Reprocessing failure.

摘要

The risk of transmission of infection during GI endos-copy is estimated at 1 case per 1.8 million procedures. The ASGE published a national multisociety guideline in 2003 for the cleaning and high-level disinfection of GI endoscopes. There are no reported cases of transmission of infection when these guidelines have been followed. In the absence of defective equipment, the reported cases of transmission of infection appear to have resulted from failure to adhere to currently accepted guidelines for the high-level disinfection of endoscopes.