Open AccessComparison of channel sampling methods and brush heads in surveillance culture of endoscope reprocessing: A propensity score matching and paired study
Author(s) -
Xue-Yue Ji,
Peiyong Ning,
Chun-Nan Fei,
Jia Song,
Dou Xuemei,
Nannan Zhang,
Jun Liu,
He Li
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_437_21
Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , sampling (signal processing) , confidence interval , statistics , brush , matching (statistics) , logistic regression , surgery , pathology , mathematics , computer science , filter (signal processing) , computer vision , electrical engineering , engineering
Endoscopy-related infections have caused multiple outbreaks. The importance of surveillance culture is gradually recognized, but sampling techniques are not consistent in many guidelines. It is unclear whether the Flush-Brush-Flush sampling method (FBFSM) is more sensitive than the conventional flush sampling method (CFSM) and whether different sampling brushes have different effects.