One important point: Have a system to indicate if your transport
containers are holding clean or contaminated scopes. Our containers
have a slick, flip-top design. A green "clean" label appears on one side
of the lid and an orange "dirty" label is emblazoned on the other. If
you use reusable
transport containers,
soiled scopes can be
placed in red "biohaz-
ard" liners and clean
scopes in green liners
to ensure reprocess-
ing techs can quickly
and easily identify
devices they must dis-
infect.
Many scope manu-
facturers recommend
that you manually
clean their devices
within an hour of use.
The reason? The
longer a scope sits in
the reprocessing area,
the more difficult it is
to remove bioburden
from its channels.
We'll soon add a
simple time stamp
onto the lid of our
rigid transport con-
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First Step
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Bedside Kits
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Scope Transport Trays
