Endoscope reprocessing: Comparison of drying effectiveness and microbial levels with an automated drying and storage cabinet with forced filtered air and a standard storage cabinet - 23/08/19
Highlights |
• | Storage in automated cabinets with forced filtered air hastens endoscope drying. |
• | Automated cabinets can reduce microbial growth due to residual endoscope moisture. |
• | Automated cabinets facilitate compact horizontal endoscope storage. |
• | Automated cabinets curtail the need for repeat reprocessing of unused endoscopes. |
Résumé |
Background |
Automated drying may help prevent endoscopically transmitted infections. We aimed to assess the efficacy of an automated drying and storage cabinet compared to a standard storage cabinet in achieving endoscope dryness postreprocessing and in reducing the risk of microbial growth.
Methods |
Drying times of bronchoscopes, colonoscopes, and duodenoscopes using 2 drying platforms (an automated drying and storage cabinet vs a standard storage cabinet) were measured using cobalt chloride paper. Drying assessments occurred at: 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, and 24 hours. A simple linear regression analysis compared rates of microbial growth after inoculation with Pseudomonas aeruginosa following high-level disinfection at: 0, 3 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, and 48 hours.
Results |
Using the automated drying and storage cabinet, internal channels were dry at 1 hour and external surfaces at 3 hours in all endoscopes. With the standard storage cabinet, there was residual internal fluid at 24 hours, whereas external surfaces were dry at 24 hours. For bronchoscopes, colonoscopes, and duodenoscopes, the standard cabinet allowed for an average rate of colony forming unit growth of 8.1 × 106 per hour, 8.3 × 106 per hour, and 7.0 × 107 per hour, respectively; the automated cabinet resulted in colony forming unit growth at an average rate of –28.4 per hour (P = .02), –38.5 per hour (P = .01), and –200.2 per hour (P = .02), respectively.
Conclusions |
An automated cabinet is advantageous for rapid drying of endoscope surfaces and in reducing the risk of microbial growth postreprocessing.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : Duodenoscope, Drying time, High-level disinfection, Waterborne infection
Plan
| Conflicts of interest: V. Raman Muthusamy and Betty L. McGinty are consultants to Medivators. |
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| Author contributions: V.R.M. was involved in the study design and had full access to all acquired data and independently drafted the manuscript. |
Vol 47 - N° 9
P. 1083-1089 - septembre 2019 Retour au numéro
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