According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 11
million gastrointestinal endoscopies are performed annually in the United States.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2009 table, procedures by selected patient characteristics. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/insurg.htm. Accessed June 15, 2012.
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The 2008 CDC/Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Guideline
for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities states that contaminated
endoscopes have been linked to more health care-associated infections than any other
medical device.
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Paradoxically, several guideline-issuing organizations assert that the risk of endoscopy-associated
infection (EAI) is only 1 in 1.8 million procedures.
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Published online: January 14, 2013
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