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Endoscope Reprocessing and Tracking

The highest-risk reprocessing task in the hospital, taught step by step.

professional180 min5 lessons
Endoscope Reprocessing and Tracking

What you'll learn

  • Sequence the reprocessing steps for a described endoscope
  • Identify the consequence of an omitted pre-clean or delayed reprocessing
  • Interpret a leak test result and select the correct action
  • Evaluate a described storage arrangement for adequacy
  • Apply traceability requirements to a described procedure list
  • Plan the response to a suspected reprocessing failure

Course content

5 modules · 5 lessons

1. Why Endoscopes Are Different
  • Why Endoscopes Are DifferentPreview36m
2. Bedside Pre-Clean and Transport
  • Bedside Pre-Clean and Transport36m
3. Leak Testing and Manual Cleaning
  • Leak Testing and Manual Cleaning36m
4. High-Level Disinfection
  • High-Level Disinfection36m
5. Drying, Storage and Traceability
  • Drying, Storage and Traceability36m