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Endoscopy Maintenance (6)

An Industry Insider Answers Endoscope Maintenance
Infection Control Today
Brian Newton
Proper endoscope maintenance is crucial to maximizing your endoscopes effectiveness and longevity. Endoscopes should be checked frequently for leaks, clogging, fluid invasion, and other problems. Endoscope repair companies provide a valuable service to endosuite managers and physicians who are looking cost savings on expensive endoscope equipment.

How to Care for Your Flexible Endoscopes in 6 Easy Steps
Outpatient Surgery Magazine
Stephanie Wasek
Flexible Endoscopes are one of the most difficult surgical instruments to clean and maintain. There are several steps administrators of endoscopy centers must take to ensure the cleanliness, reliability, and long term use of flexible endoscopes.

Best Practices for Endoscope Reprocessing
Kathy Dix
The importance of cleaning cannot be overstressed; the mechanical cleaning before endoscopes are disinfected is perhaps the single most important step endoscope reprocessors take. "There are studies showing you can remove all HIV from an endoscope just by cleaning it, without necessarily disinfecting it, so cleaning is a critical part of it More on Endoscope Reprocessing

Are all Endoscope steralization processes alike?
Cross infection is a major problem that occurs during endoscopic procedures. To prevent cross infection your endoscopic equipment must be properly steralized. There are 3 levels of sterilization that endsocpic equipment are generally categorized by: low level, intermediate, and high level. It is essential to follow the proper steralization procedures to ensure your endoscope is clean and safe for use. more on endoscope steralization.

Eight Steps for Endoscope Reprocessing
Proper disinfection and cleaning procedures are critical to both your endoscopes lifetime and most importantly patient safety. As outlined by the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, there are eight steps in flexible endoscope reprocessing that should be followed. More on Endoscope Reprocessing

Clinical Innovations in Revising Instrument Processing Practices
This article discusses the innovations in endoscope processing and the challenges facing large the sterile instrument industry.

Endoscopy Repair (4)

A sensible approach to managing instrument repairs - Products & Services
Bryant Broder
Managing an instrument repair program can be a complicated and frustrating task. There are few industry standards regarding instrument repair, which is surprising given the number of instruments and the complexity of the equipment. It seems many of the decisions about how to maintain instruments/equipment are subjective. There is one constant however: Instrument maintenance and repair are among the most critical functions supporting the delivery of quality healthcare to patients.

Endoscope Repair: Perspectives and Advice from Industry Experts
Kris Ellis
A scope needs to be repaired as soon as any component, or system, malfunctions. It is also imperative that it get repaired as soon as it fails a leak test. However, if the user is fortunate enough not to have had any problems with the scope for an extended period of time, it is a good idea to have it sent to a repair company, or to the manufacturer, for preventive maintenance.

Endoscope Repair Issues
Brian Kern
Understanding the functional components of an endoscope and where critical mistakes in its repair may be made -- from eyepiece to distal tip -- enables endoscope users to identify improper repairs and their potential impact on performance, patient outcomes, and hospital liability.

Eliminating Fluid Invasion in Flexible Endoscopes
Les Faucher and Lynne A. Thomas, BSN, RN, CGRN
Some of the most expensive and lengthy repairs performed on flexible endoscopes are due to fluid invasion. Most fluid invasion into flexible endoscopes is preventable; however, even when it's not preventable, the damage can be minimized. The guidelines for care, handling, and reprocessing included in manufacturers' operation and service manuals are often insufficiently detailed for providing the end user with necessary information for preventing fluid invasion.

Other Endoscopy Articles (6)

Coming clean on reuse of endoscopic equipment
GUT Online
R A Kozarek
How endoscopic accessories have progressed in the last ten years from reusable to disposable. The costs vs contamination along with the insurance system may have contributed to the increase in demand for endoscopic accessory production. How the effect of insurance companies reimbursement policies may determine the use of these disposable accessories. This is one of many areas in which the United States trend toward disposable accessories will also affect the European endoscopists.

Surgical Instrument Organization
Michael Appleby
Everyone, from the processing and nursing staffs to the physicians who handle surgical instruments, should watch for nonfunctioning items. When a tip is broken or a box lock is cracked, tag the instrument so that it can be removed from service and placed in the "repair box." Likewise, when a surgeon mentions that a scissors or rongeur is not cutting or a hemostat or clamp is not functioning correctly, that instrument, too, should be tagged. Many instrument repair services will provide plastic locking tags for placement on instruments in need of repair.

Olympus OnSiteT Mobile Showroom Displays Innovations for 2006
Olympus America
Healthcare professionals across the country will be able to experience the latest healthcare innovations from Olympus at a convenient location near their facility or practice by visiting Olympus OnSiteT, the company's award-winning state-of-the-art mobile showroom. The universal platform also integrates surgical endoscopy, such as the HD EndoEYET surgical videoscopes and medical endoscopy into one complete system for multiple specialties, e.g., general surgery, gastroenterology, urology and gynecology.

Olympus Releases New Biliary Balloon Dilation System
Olympus America
MaxPassT, the new single-use biliary balloon dilator from Olympus, delivers improved procedural efficiency through rapid balloon deflation for the time-sensitive team conducting endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). more on Olympus endoscopes

The New Medicine: Medical Care's Increasing Reliance on Technology
Aldene Fredenburg
One piece of medical equipment making a big impact on diagnosis is the endoscope. A slender, flexible piece of tubing is fitted with an electronic camera assembly with superb optics and inserted into the patient's body, supplying doctors with images of a variety of internal organs and allowing for very accurate diagnoses. Now used routinely as part of a complete physical exam for people over forty, this one piece of equipment is responsible for catching thousands of precancerous and early-stage cancer conditions in the colon alone, saving thousands of lives annually.More on endoscope technology

Personel Safety working with Endoscopy
Personel who perform or assist with endoscopic procedures and employees responsible reprocessing endoscopic equipment should be properly trained in the handling of infectious and chemical hazards associted with the environment. should follow a comprehensive safety program that outlines the steps individuals should take to prevent injuries from the potential hazards they may encounter in endoscopy units. More on Endoscopy Safety

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