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cessing cycle and transporting the scopes to another part of the hospital for gas autoclaving before sending them out for repair — a multistep process that added to the scopes' downtime.
4. Automated aids
My hospital's newest AER has separate basins so 2 scopes can be
reprocessed simultaneously and independently (our older units cannot run independent cycles). That's a huge timesaver that lets us keep
several scopes moving constantly through the reprocessing process.
Newer AERs scan bar codes affixed to scopes, automatically recording their serial numbers, the patients they were used on and the physi-
CinchPad®
SPX-017-25
SafeStart®
SIK-242-24
Pure®
SEE-220-4
HedgeHog® Dual
SBD-289-50
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