Focus: Infection Control

Automating a reprocessing department

Automation can increase efficiency without cutting corners or skipping steps


Automation in a reprocessing department can increase efficiency without cutting corners or skipping steps, according to an article on the Outpatient Surgery website.

One way to shave minutes off of cleaning, disinfection and sterilization times is to invest in technology.

Flushing aids can provide continuous hands-free channel flushing of cleaner, distilled water and air through endoscopes and narrow-lumened instruments.

Also, instead of using brushes to clean the cracks and crevices of scopes, you high-level disinfect them in an automated endoscope reprocessor, the article said. 

Read the article.

 

 



October 26, 2016


Topic Area: Infection Control

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