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ou probably reprocess your unused endoscopes weekly, but
how do you track which scopes have been used and
reprocessed and which haven't? We came up with a simple sys-
tem. Using a white industrial marker, we number the grip section of
each of our 14 scopes and use that number to track usage and repro-
cessing in our daily log. This way, we know that we have to reprocess
any scope that hasn't been used in a week.
Vickie Coker, rn
The Gastro-Intestinal Center and Endoscopy Center of Little Rock
Little Rock, Ark
vickie@gastroarkansas.com
I D E A S T H A T W O R K
U N U S E D S C O P E S
Number Your Scopes So You
Know When It's Time to Reprocess
z KeeP taBS Number your scopes so you know when it's time to reprocess them.