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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Infection Control - May 2018

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most recent reprocessing guidelines from AORN, SGNA and AAMI. You need to have documented proof that your endoscopes are both in good working order and not contaminated. The more you know about how challenging it is to adequately reprocess endoscopes, the clearer it becomes that trusting your processes is not enough. Every reprocessed scope should be verified — shown to be free of damage and debris — before it's permitted to touch another patient. If that's not being done in your facility — and it isn't being done in most — it's never been clearer that you're flirting with danger. OSM 2 2 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • M A y 2 0 1 8 Ms. Ofstead (cori@ofsteadinsights.com) is the president and CEO of Ofstead & Associates in Saint Paul, Minn. Jim Burger is a contributing editor.

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