Reprocessing of semi-critical medical devices

Medical devices like endoscopes or transvaginal ultrasonic probes come into direct contact with mucous membranes or pathologically altered skin and, thus, are classified as “semi-critical”. Studies have shown that the prevalence of contaminated transvaginal...

C. difficile-effective endoscope reprocessing

The bacterium Clostridioides difficile is the most frequent pathogen of nosocomial diarrhoeal diseases worldwide and is also increasingly found in the outpatient sector...