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What is the risk of transmission of hepatitis C virus during digestive endoscopy?

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boxed-textCiancio A et al. (2005) Digestive endoscopy is not a major risk factor for transmitting hepatitis C virus. Ann Intern Med 142: 903–909

When appropriate reprocessing protocols are followed, endoscopic transmission of HCV is prevented effectively

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