repair or replaced. Before he implemented the tests, he had to get past
the notion that such testing might appear excessive.
"Our reprocessing staff is excellent at getting instruments clean —
we have no infection history," says Mr. Henderson. "It wasn't until our
GI manager saw a cleaning verification test for lumened instruments
at a conference that we began testing our endoscopes for bioburden."
The nice thing about verification tests is that they can be used on
instruments with multiple channel sizes, points out Mr. Henderson.
"The demonstration at the conference showed just how crucial the
testing could be for ensuring that bioburden is completely out of
endoscopes," he explains. "After seeing the benefits for herself, our
GI manager decided we should implement the same test."
The facility's GI techs test each endoscope for bioburden according
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