Comparative Study of Microbiological Monitoring Results from Three Types of Sampling Methods after Gastrointestinal Endoscope Reprocessing

Table 1

Comparison of bacterial colony counts by different sampling methods (continuous sampling).

Sampling method		Max		Min
Biopsy channel (Group A)		1		0
Entire channel (Group B)		1		0
Disc brush (Group C)		21		0
						2.657		0.265