{"title":"How safe is your endoscope disinfectant?","authors":"Joan Gray","doi":"10.1177/175045890501500304","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glutaraldehyde may have been virtually eliminated from UK hospitals as a flexible endoscope disinfectant, but in many cases it has been replaced with alternatives that may not be as safe as was first thought. This article highlights the need for healthcare professionals and hospitals to take urgent action to review the way these newer disinfectants are used and handled.</p>","PeriodicalId":72468,"journal":{"name":"British journal of perioperative nursing : the journal of the National Association of Theatre Nurses","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2005-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/175045890501500304","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British journal of perioperative nursing : the journal of the National Association of Theatre Nurses","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/175045890501500304","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Glutaraldehyde may have been virtually eliminated from UK hospitals as a flexible endoscope disinfectant, but in many cases it has been replaced with alternatives that may not be as safe as was first thought. This article highlights the need for healthcare professionals and hospitals to take urgent action to review the way these newer disinfectants are used and handled.