Use of a plastic banded bag over the control body of the endoscope as a splash guard to minimize the biological hazard during the COVID-19 outbreak

Endoscopy 2020; 52(09): 818
DOI: 10.1055/a-1167-2751

Letter to the editor

Alejandro Bojórquez

Digestive Diseases Services, University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

,

Jose Carlos Súbtil

Digestive Diseases Services, University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

,

Maria Teresa Betés

Digestive Diseases Services, University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

,

Miguel Muñoz-Navas

Digestive Diseases Services, University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

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