Endoscope storage

[Louise Christine Grant]

Dear Colleagues,
We have Controlled Environment Flexible Endoscope storage cupboards with the air continually piped through scope. These are validated for 7 days of storage.

Does anyone have any advice as to how these scopes should be managed after not being reprocessed during the 3 week closure over Christmas/New Year. Should we:

* Reprocess with Automated Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor (AFER) and then use scope

* Reprocess with AFER then micro-test before using scope

* Or do we need to do something else to them?

Does anyone have any experience in this situation?

Regards

Louise Grant PhD Cand, MCl Sc(Periop)
Project Consultant Reprocessing Compliance
Top End Health Service | Northern Territory Government
Room 221, Building 4, Royal Darwin Hospital,
Rocklands Drive, Tiwi NT 0810 | PO Box 41326 Casuarina NT 0811
t 08 8944 8005 | m 0404 491 183 | e Louise.Grant@nt.gov.au | http://www.health.nt.gov.au

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