plete. The alcohol flush makes sure scopes are as water-free as possi-
ble after the high-level disinfection process is complete and before
they head to the drying storage cabinets.
In our facility, scopes that have been high-level disinfected are hand-
carried from the clean
scope room to the
procedure rooms,
which is where our
storage cabinets are
located. The same
tubing used to flush
the scopes in the
reprocessor stays
attached to the
scopes and is used to
deliver the filtered air
into the scopes in the
drying cabinet. Using
the same tubing is
more efficient,
because it only has to
be attached once, and
it also reduces the
risk of cross-contami-
nation. One set of tub-
ing also makes identi-
fying the source of
organisms easier
should an infection
occur.
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