Assertion: endoscope | /r/CapableOf | represent the incidence of infection
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text: Although endoscopes represent a valuable diagnostic and therapeutic tool in modern medicine and the incidence of infection associated with use has been reported as very low (about 1 in 1.8 million procedures),232 more health care–associated outbreaks have been linked to contaminated endoscopes than to any other medical device.4-6,233 To prevent the spread of health care–associated infections, all heat-sensitive endoscopes (e.g., gastrointestinal endoscopes, bronchoscopes, nasopharyngoscopes) must be properly cleaned and at a minimum subjected to high-level disinfection after each use.