Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 209-212 , August 2002

Contamination of single-use biopsy forceps: A prospective in vitro analysis

Received 10 July 2001 ,Revised 10 October 2001 ,Accepted 14 December 2001.

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☆ Reprint requests: Richard A. Kozarek, MD, Chief Division of Gastroenterology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Seneca St., Seattle, WA 98111.

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