Single-Use vs Reusable Duodenoscopes: How Infection Knowledge Gaps Are Driving Environmental Harm and What Can Be Done.

Gastroenterology

Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut.

Published: August 2024


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