built-in drying capabilities, there are separate channel drying devices
you can install in the cabinet. Look for circulated air that's HEPA-fil-
tered. Some related cabinet features and options include fluid collec-
tion trays.
• Security. You need to restrict access to clean scopes, but also pro-
tect them from criminals. (Check out this $450,000 heist at a suburban
Philadelphia facility: osmag.net/AQsCc5.) At the very least, get a cabi-
net that locks. For enhanced security, get one that requires an access
code to open.
• Tracking technology. With tracking technology, you don't have to
search your building or frantically ask around to find out where a par-
ticular scope is located. My former facility's new scopes and storage
cabinets, for example, are outfitted with radio-frequency identification
(RFID) sensors and
tags. RFID detects
and documents endo-
scopes placed into a
cabinet. You can pro-
gram the cabinet to
understand when the
scope is in storage,
and how long it's
been in there —
which is useful
because generally if a
scope is in a cabinet
for 7 days or more, it
should be
reprocessed. Some of
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Both systems available for use with medical & instrument air.
Dri-Scope Aid provides
HEPA-filtered air through all internal
channels of your endoscope.
