Implementation and assessment of a postreprocessing endoscope surveillance program at the University of Kentucky, 2019–2024
We evaluated an endoscope surveillance culture program at a tertiary academic center from 2019-2024. Postreprocessing culture positivity was highest for esophagogastroduodenoscopy (25.9%). Carbapenem-resistant organism matches between endoscope and patient isolates occurred in 5% of positive cultures.
Authors
- Derek Forster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3712-9097)
- Kevin Hatton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7056-1773)
- Nicholas Van Sickels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1435-0720)
- Julie A. Ribes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4563-6008)
- Sean M. McTigue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-2894)
- Deborah Flomenhoft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7865-6599)
- Takaaki Kobayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8335-0361)
- David Olafsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5887-7940)
- Faith Fursman
- Kimberly Blanton
- Rachel Howard
- Court Desmond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8684-1043)
- Sandra L. Mills
- Sherese Hinton
Institutions
- University of Kentucky (US)
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2026.10449
- Primary Topic
- Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00