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Glutaraldehyde as a possible cause of diarrhoea after sigmoidoscopy

J M Hanson, S. M. Plusa, Mark K. Bennett, David Browell, W.J. Cunliffe

British journal of surgery · 1998 · 22 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

These observations should prompt the careful assessment of cleaning techniques. The use of washing machines that do not recycle rinse water may avoid this complication.

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Chemical colitis due to endoscope cleaning solutions: A mimic of pseudomembranous colitis

Gavin M. Jonas, Antoinette Mahoney, Johnson Murray et al. · Gastroenterology · 1988 · 114 citations

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Skin and respiratory symptoms from exposure to alkaline glutaraldehyde in medical services.

Dan Norbäck · Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health · 1988 · 106 citations · Full text

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Glutaraldehyde colitis following endoscopy: Clinical and pathological features and investigation of an outbreak

A. Brian West, Shih–Fan Kuan, Michael Bennick et al. · Gastroenterology · 1995 · 91 citations · Full text

Investigation of an outbreak of bloody diarrhea: Association with endoscopic cleaning solution and demonstration of lesions in an animal model

Laurence Durante, Joseph C. Zulty, Ebenezer Israel et al. · The American Journal of Medicine · 1992 · 67 citations

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Endoscope-induced colitis: Description, probable cause by glutaraldehyde, and prevention

Paul Rozen, Giora J. Sömjen, M Baratz et al. · Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 1994 · 60 citations

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