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Adding Cleaning Verification Tests to Your Reprocessing Regimen
Prevention Strategies
“If it looks dirty, it’s definitely dirty. If it looks clean, it might still be dirty” — a recent webinar explains this critical insight and more regarding recently mandated cleaning verification tests for high-risk endoscopes.
Why Bedside Cleaning is the Most Important Step in Endoscope Reprocessing
Prevention Challenges
“It’s baffling, it’s intriguing, and it is the most important step in the endoscope reprocessing chain,” according to an expert featured on a recent episode of the Beyond Clean podcast.
APIC 2022: Day 1 Report
Prevention Strategies
“Our work is stabilizing a reeling world,” said the president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology as the organization hosts an annual conference for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Novel Training Model Boosts Knowledge and Confidence in Sterile Processing Professionals
Prevention Strategies
“SP personnel are expected to inspect diverse endoscope models, reliably identify defects, interpret findings, and take actions such as recleaning or assessing damage to determine whether repairs are necessary,” a new study reads, validating the need for a new, evidence-based training model.
How the Alcohol Flush May Inhibit Endoscope Drying
Prevention Challenges
A new study questions conventional wisdom around using alcohol flushes to aid in the drying of endoscopes.
More From Single-Use Endoscopy
Preventing Infection
They agree on one thing: the design of reusable duodenoscopes make them to hard to clean correctly.
Performing Procedures
Clinicians perceived single-use rhinolaryngoscopes as having organizational advantages over their reusable counterparts.
