Vol. XII, No. 2Archive > February, 2011

Flexible Endoscope Reprocessing Goes High-Tech

Now that high-level disinfection has gone high-tech, bending over a sink is no longer a prerequisite to reprocessing your flexible endoscopes.

Kent Steinriede, Associate Editor

If reprocessing an endoscope is like washing a car, then manual cleaning, with its scrubbing and soaking phases, is like washing your car in the driveway, says Nicholas Pellish, RN, administrative director of the Schuylkill Endoscopy Center in Pottsville, Pa. An automatic reprocessor? "Like taking your car to the car wash." If you're in the market for a new endoscope reprocessing system, you're going to be wowed by the latest tracking and documentation technology. Here are 4 benefits early adapters like Mr. Pellish told us you can expect.

 
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