High-level disinfection of gastrointestinal endoscope reprocessing

Table 3 Positive surveillance culture after automatic endoscope reprocessor with high-level disinfection

Gastrointestinal instrument	Positive rate	Ref.
Colonoscope1	71.40%	[24]
Colonoscope	20.8%	[17]
Small intestinal scope, anal route	19.2%	[16]
Gastroendoscope	10.7%-14.3%	[17,24]
Small intestinal scope, oral route	12.9%	[16]
AER reprocess to gastroendoscope2	2%	[17,27]
AER reprocess to colonoscope3	0.8%	[17,27]

¹AER was damaged in reprocessing;

²case size was 6/300;

³case size was 1/120. AER: Automatic endoscope reprocessor.