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Microbial contamination of surgical instruments used for laparotomy by Saito, Yuhei, RN, MS, Kobayashi, Hiroyoshi, MD, PhD, Uetera, Yushi, MD, PhD, Yasuhara, Hiroshi, MD, PhD, Kajiura, Takumi, PhD, Okubo, Takashi, MD, PhD

“…Background The aim of this study was to determine the risk of contamination of surgical instruments according to the type of instrument and the surgical…”
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Occult Risk of Broken Instruments for Endoscopy-assisted Surgery by Yasuhara, Hiroshi, Fukatsu, Kazuhiko, Komatsu, Takami, Murakoshi, Satoshi, Saito, Yuhei, Uetera, Yushi

“…Background The influence of broken sophisticated surgical instruments on the safety of surgery has yet to be determined, in spite of an assumption that…”
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Time-dependent influence on assessment of contaminated environmental surfaces in operating rooms by Saito, Yuhei, RN, MS, Yasuhara, Hiroshi, MD, PhD, Murakoshi, Satoshi, MD, PhD, Komatsu, Takami, MD, PhD, Fukatsu, Kazuhiko, MD, PhD, Uetera, Yushi, MD, PhD

“…Background There is no established method to assess the contamination of environmental surfaces because the results change with time. We evaluated current…”
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Prevention of medical accidents caused by defective surgical instruments by Yasuhara, Hiroshi, MD, PhD, Fukatsu, Kazuhiko, MD, PhD, Komatsu, Takami, MD, PhD, Obayashi, Toshihiko, MD, Saito, Yuhei, MS, Uetera, Yushi, MD, PhD

“…Background The malfunctioning of surgical instruments may lead to serious medical accidents. Limited information is available on the risk of defective…”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Acinetobacter species isolated from blood cultures in two Japanese university hospitals by Kishii, Kozue, Kikuchi, Ken, Yoshida, Atsushi, Okuzumi, Katsuko, Uetera, Yushi, Yasuhara, Hiroshi, Moriya, Kyoji

“…ABSTRACT Carbapenem‐resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has rapidly spread worldwide. This study investigated antibiotic susceptibility and genotypic resistance…”
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OR Management in Japan by YASUHARA, Hiroshi, FUKATSU, Kazuhiko, KOMATSU, Takami, MURAKOSHI, Satoshi, SAITO, Yuhei, UETERA, Yushi

“…Healthcare staff in the operating room（OR）need managerial skills as well as specific knowledge of surgical treatment. The best practice of OR management,…”
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手術部マネジメントの実践 by 安原, 洋, 深柄, 和彦, 小松, 孝美, 村越, 智, 齋藤, 祐平, 上寺, 祐之

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Challenging Residual Contamination of Instruments for Robotic Surgery in Japan by Saito, Yuhei, Yasuhara, Hiroshi, Murakoshi, Satoshi, Komatsu, Takami, Fukatsu, Kazuhiko, Uetera, Yushi

“…BACKGROUND Recently, robotic surgery has been introduced in many hospitals. The structure of robotic instruments is so complex that updating their cleaning…”
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Concerns Associated With Cleaning Robotic Surgical Instruments-Response to Wallace by Saito, Yuhei, Yasuhara, Hiroshi, Murakoshi, Satoshi, Komatsu, Takami, Fukatsu, Kazuhiko, Uetera, Yushi

“…[...]our central sterile supply department staff sometimes observe leakage of bloody ascites from the housing after surgical use. Negative controls were not…”
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Priority of Patient Safety Associated With Robotic Surgical Instruments-Response to Landenberg et al by Saito, Yuhei, Yasuhara, Hiroshi, Murakoshi, Satoshi, Komatsu, Takami, Fukatsu, Kazuhiko, Uetera, Yushi

“…To the Editor—We read with interest the letter by Landenberg et al.1 We would like to respond to the questions raised by the authors regarding our article.2…”
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The Role of Heat-Tolerant Endotoxin-Retentive Ultrafilters (UFs) for the Remediation of Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plants Employed for Surgical Hand Antisepsis Using Periodic Thermal Disinfection-A Ten Year Longitudinal Experience Study in the Operating Theater by Uetera, Yushi, Yasuhara, Hiroshi, Kumada, Naohito, Misawa, Yoshiki, Terada, Yoshiyuki, Satou, Yoshio, Suhara, Tamaki, Kawamura, Kunio

“…Recently, the use of filters has come into light for sanitizing water plants. This study investigated the role of heat-tolerant ultrafilters (UFs) for the…”
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Investigation of an outbreak of nosocomial infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the surgical ward of Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchu Hospital by Uetera, Yushi, Matsumine, Takao, Awane, Yasuyuki, Yamazaki, Etsuko, Yokota, Takeshi

“…Our hospital, a 756-bed non-teaching general hospital, acts as a tertiary ambulatory center and has an 89-bed surgical ward. The present study is concerned…”
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Significant Role of Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Multiloculated Liver Abscesses Evaluated with CT and Angiographic Examinations by Uetera, Yushi, Makuuchi, Masatoshi

“…The role of chemotherapy was evaluated in 2 cases of solitary multiloculated liver abscesses. Both patients were free of biliary tract diseases, liver trauma,…”
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Liver Abscess after Central Bisegmentectomy with Reconstruction of the Right Posterior Segment Artery: A Case Report by Uetera, Yushi, Bandai, Yasutsugu, Kubota, Keiichi, Noie, Tamaki, Sano, Keishi, Nakazawa, Kunihiko

“…A 68-year-old female was admitted with obstructive jaundice caused by gallbladder cancer invading the liver bed and hepatic hilum. The patient underwent a…”
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Elevated Anti-Alginate Serum Titers in Patients with Acute Cholangitis and Gallstones Imbedded with Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Uetera, Yushi, Hiramatsu, Keiichi, Yokota, Takeshi, Sato, Katsuhiro, Ogawa, Masatoshi

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OR Management in Japan by YASUHARA, Hiroshi, FUKATSU, Kazuhiko, KOMATSU, Takami, MURAKOSHI, Satoshi, SAITO, Yuhei, UETERA, Yushi

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Studies on Viral Disinfection: An Evaluation of Moist Heat Disinfection for HBV by Using A0 Concept Defined in ISO 15883-Washer-Disinfectors by Uetera, Yushi, Kawamura, Kunio, Kobayashi, Hiroyoshi, Saito, Yuhei, Yasuhara, Hiroshi, Saito, Ryoichi

“…International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15883 for washer-disinfectors has introduced the A(0) concept to allow comparison of the lethality of…”
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A 5 year longitudinal study of water quality for final rinsing in the single chamber washer-disinfector with a reverse osmosis plant by Uetera, Yushi, Kishii, Kozue, Yasuhara, Hiroshi, Kumada, Naohito, Moriya, Kyoji, Saito, Ryoichi, Okazaki, Mitsuhiro, Misawa, Yoshiki, Kawamura, Kunio

“…This report deals with the construction and management of the reverse osmosis (RO) water system for final rinsing of surgical instruments in the…”
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Role of the wireless thermologger system in the management of the autoclave unequipped with sensor ports by Uetera, Yushi, Shigematsu, Hiroshi, Baba, Zenzou, Kumada, Naohito, Kawamura, Kunio

“…Recently, the wireless thermologger system was developed. It consists of a wireless logger and the attached computer system. The wireless logger has a wireless…”
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CLINICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY IN POST OPERATIVE PATIENTS WITH METHICILLIN-RESISTANTSTAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS(MRSA) INFECTIONS by Uetera, Yushi, Sato, Tomiyoshi, Awane, Yasuyuki, Yamazaki, Etsuko, Mizuguchi, Kunio, Yokota, Takeshi

“…We have experienced 46 cases of postoperative MRSA infections, including: intraabdominal abscess 26; wound infection 12; pneumonia 3; enterocolitis 3;…”
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