Disinfection of otorhinolaryngological endoscopes with electrolyzed acid water: A cross-sectional and multicenter study

• Takayuki Okano,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2049-9673

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• Tatsunori Sakamoto,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6669-7013

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• Seiji Ishikawa,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Ishikawa Clinic, Kyoto, Japan

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• Susumu Sakamoto,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Min-iren Chuo Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

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• Masanobu Mizuta,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Yuji Kitada,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Keisuke Mizuno,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hideki Hayashi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Product Planning Department, Kaigen Pharma Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan, Project Team for Medical Application of Electrolysis, Central Research Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Youichi Suzuki,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Takashi Nakano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations Project Team for Medical Application of Electrolysis, Central Research Center, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Koichi Omori

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

  * E-mail: omori@ent.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3404-5461

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