Cleaning and disinfection in Europe according to the Endoscopic Societies' Guidelines.

The ESGE Guidelines Committee recently asked all national ESGE Member Societies to provide it with their current cleaning and disinfection standards and guidelines. Their reply gives us a good idea of how responsible all national Member Societies are when it comes to cleaning and disinfection, while also showing us the technical differences, linked to the financial and technical possibilities available, that exist between the individual member states.