Food and Drug Administration and disposable duodenoscopes: A bolt from the blue for the rich or a godsend for the poor?

Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Feb;91(2):459-461. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2019.10.010. Epub 2019 Oct 18.

Authors

Ivo Boškoski¹, Guido Costamagna¹

Affiliation

¹ Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy; Center for Endoscopic Research Therapeutics and Training, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 31634475
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2019.10.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / instrumentation*
Cross Infection / prevention & control
Cross Infection / transmission
Developing Countries
Disposable Equipment / economics
Disposable Equipment / standards*
Duodenoscopes / economics
Duodenoscopes / microbiology
Duodenoscopes / standards*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / prevention & control
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / transmission
Equipment Contamination
Equipment Reuse
Equipment and Supplies
Health Care Costs
Health Resources
Humans
Manufacturing Industry
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration