Innocent bystanders or legitimate culprits? The role of moisture and simethicone in endoscopically transmitted infections

Affiliations

¹ Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Editorial

Adarsh M Thaker et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;89(1):133-136.

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2018.09.034.

¹ Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Comment on

Simethicone is retained in endoscopes despite reprocessing: impact of its use on working channel fluid retention and adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence values (with video).
Barakat MT, Huang RJ, Banerjee S. Barakat MT, et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2019 Jan;89(1):115-123. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2018.08.012. Epub 2018 Aug 17. Gastrointest Endosc. 2019. PMID: 30125574 Free PMC article.
Comparison of automated and manual drying in the elimination of residual endoscope working channel fluid after reprocessing (with video).
Barakat MT, Huang RJ, Banerjee S. Barakat MT, et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2019 Jan;89(1):124-132.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2018.08.033. Epub 2018 Aug 25. Gastrointest Endosc. 2019. PMID: 30148992 Free PMC article.