Reducing low risk of transmissible infection in duodenoscopes: at what cost to the planet?

Anjan Dhar^{1

2}, Bu'Hussain Hayee³, Emma Wesley⁴, William Stableforth⁵, Shaji Sebastian^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Gastroenterology, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington, UK adhar@nhs.net.
² School of Health & Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
³ King's Health Partners Institute for Therapeutic Endoscopy, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Departments of Gastroenterology, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Taunton, UK.
⁵ Departments of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Truro, UK.
⁶ Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust & Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK.
⁷ School of Health & Life Sciences, Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK.

Comment

Anjan Dhar et al. Gut. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;71(3):655-656.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-324821. Epub 2021 May 10.

Anjan Dhar^{1

2}, Bu'Hussain Hayee³, Emma Wesley⁴, William Stableforth⁵, Shaji Sebastian^{6

7}

¹ Gastroenterology, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington, UK adhar@nhs.net.
² School of Health & Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
³ King's Health Partners Institute for Therapeutic Endoscopy, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Departments of Gastroenterology, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Taunton, UK.
⁵ Departments of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Truro, UK.
⁶ Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust & Hull and York Medical School, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK.
⁷ School of Health & Life Sciences, Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: endoscopy.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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