Exploring Human Factors in Endoscope Reprocessing

The goal of this research is to study the human factors that influence the reprocessing of flexible endoscopes. This paper will report on the preliminary findings from a heuristic evaluation of current reprocessing procedures from an ongoing multi-method study and will discuss the implications of the results for future research purposes.

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