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

Table 2

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

Sampling method		Max		Min
Biopsy channel (Group A)		1		0
Entire channel (Group B)		36		0
Disc brush (Group C)		30		0
						5.626		0.060