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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jan 16, 2018; 10(1): 51-55
Published online Jan 16, 2018. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v10.i1.51
Published online Jan 16, 2018. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v10.i1.51
Table 1 Comparison of number of bacteria cultured from the different types of endoscopes sampled from day 1-7, P-values from the unpaired t-test performed with a 95%CI
| Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | |
| All Scopes (Day 1: n = 82) | P = 0.515 (n = 18) | P = identical (n = 3) | P = 0.071 (n = 18) | P = 0.470 (n = 15) | P = 0.584 (n = 7) | P = 0.575 (n = 21) |
| Gastroscopes (Day 1: n = 34) | P = 0.895 (n = 4) | P = identical (n = 3) | P = identical (n = 12) | P = 0.893 (n = 8) | P = identical (n = 2) | P = 0.756 (n = 10) |
| Colonoscopes (Day 1: n = 46) | P = 0.489 (n = 10) | No data (n = 0) | P = 0.493 (n = 5) | P = 0.324 (n = 7) | P = 0.526 (n = 4) | P = identical (n = 5) |
| ERCP Scopes (Day 1: n = 2) | P = identical (n = 4) | No data (n = 0) | Insufficient data (n = 1) | No data (n = 0) | No data (n = 0) | P = 0.685 (n = 6) |
- Citation: Mallette KI, Pieroni P, Dhalla SS. Bacterial presence on flexible endoscopes vs time since disinfection. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2018; 10(1): 51-55
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v10/i1/51.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v10.i1.51