of the scopes and holding them out of rotation until the tests come back
negative;
• ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilization following cleaning and high-level
disinfection;
• use of a liquid chemical sterilant system; and
• repeat high-level disinfection cycles either manually or using
AERs.
Focused efforts
Even GI facilities that don't use duodenoscopes are feeling an
increased scrutiny on their reprocessing practices, partly because of
the recent headline-grabbing duodenoscope-related infections.
"The recent headlines make you think twice about what you're
doing," says Travis
Taylor, ST, endoscopy
tech at Lebanon
(Tenn.) Endoscopy
Center. Mr. Taylor is
the lone man in charge
of preparing the facili-
ty's 7 scopes for the
200 or so cases it
hosts each month.
He's been doing it for
8 years and is backed
up by a nurse with 27
years' experience.
Mr. Taylor prefers to
have few hands —
preferably his own —
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