Use of gastroscope for flexible sigmoidoscopy: A procedure at high risk of contamination which should be strictly controlled

Affiliations

• ¹ Infection Control Team, Microbiology Department, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, 94000, Créteil, France; University Paris Est Créteil, Health Faculty, EA 7380 DYNAMYC, 94000 Créteil, France.
• ² Infection Control Team, Microbiology Department, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, 94000, Créteil, France.
• ³ Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Department, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, 94000, Créteil, France.
• ⁴ Infection Control Team, Microbiology Department, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, 94000, Créteil, France; University Paris Est Créteil, Health Faculty, EA 7380 DYNAMYC, 94000 Créteil, France. Electronic address: [email protected].