![]() A major risk of all such procedures is the introduction of infection. 2 Each of these procedures involves contact by a medical device or surgical instrument with a patient's sterile tissue or mucous membranes. 1 For example, there are at least 10 million gastrointestinal endoscopies per year. Each year in the United States there are approximately 53 million outpatient surgical procedures and 46 million inpatient surgical procedures.
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