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Practice Guideline
. 2020 Mar/Apr;43(2):E80-E83.
doi: 10.1097/SGA.0000000000000518.

MANAGEMENT OF ENDOSCOPIC ACCESSORIES, VALVES, AND WATER AND IRRIGATION BOTTLES IN THE GASTROENTEROLOGY SETTING

Midolie Loyola, Susan Bocian, Eileen Babb, Angela Diskey, Cynthia M Friis, Amy Granato, Annett Schmit, Susan Selking, Marcela Benitez-Romero, Barbara K Burkle, Teresita Foliacci, Lisa Fonkalsrud, Debbie Luteran, Lea Anne Myers, Candice M Quillin, Christine Wahinehookae, Maureen Cain; SGNA Practice Committee 2017-2018; Additional Contributors
Practice Guideline

MANAGEMENT OF ENDOSCOPIC ACCESSORIES, VALVES, AND WATER AND IRRIGATION BOTTLES IN THE GASTROENTEROLOGY SETTING

Midolie Loyola et al. Gastroenterol Nurs. 2020 Mar/Apr.
No abstract available

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