Back to Basics: Flexible Endoscope Processing. (27th April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Spruce, Lisa
• Is Part Of: AORN journal. Volume 103:Number 5(2016.May.)
• Page Start: 489
• Page End: 499
• Publication Date: 2016-04-27
• Subjects: flexible endoscopes -- processing -- infection -- cleaning; Operating room nursing -- Periodicals; Soins infirmiers en salle d'opération -- Périodiques; Nursing -- Periodicals; Operating Room Nursing -- Periodicals; Perioperative Nursing -- Periodicals; Societies, Nursing -- Periodicals; 617.917
• DOI: 10.1016/j.aorn.2016.03.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0001-2092

Abstract

Abstract: Flexible endoscopes are important tools in patient care, yet recent outbreaks of infections in patients who have undergone endoscopic procedures have increased awareness of how the complex design of these instruments makes them difficult to clean. This Back to Basics article focuses on flexible endoscope processing and provides sterile processing, endoscopy, and perioperative team members with strategies for successful processing of these instruments.