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Comment
. 2021 Jul;54(4):449-450.
doi: 10.5946/ce.2021.135. Epub 2021 Jul 8.

Endoscopes that Complete Pre-Cleaning may be Stored Overnight until Next Morning for the Subsequent Reprocessing

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Endoscopes that Complete Pre-Cleaning may be Stored Overnight until Next Morning for the Subsequent Reprocessing

Soo-Jeong Cho. Clin Endosc. 2021 Jul.
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