Ruhof
ATP Complete Contamination Monitoring System
Infectious outbreaks sparked by endoscope cross-contamination have put GI centers and
their reprocessing staffs on high alert. But how can they be sure that their diligent decon-
tamination efforts are enough to eliminate
bioburden? Ruhof's ATP Complete
Contamination Monitoring System can veri-
fy how effectively endoscopes and other
instruments have been cleaned. Here's how
it works. After high-level disinfection, a
sponge is swabbed through the scope chan-
nel and photochemically analyzed by a
handheld device. In 15 seconds, the device
detects and measures the amount of adeno-
sine triphosphate (ATP) — a compound
found in all organic matter, and a signal of
biological contamination — on the sponge.
This data can be downloaded and collected
for tracking and process improvement.
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