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Beyond Clean Flexible Endoscope Expert™

...over 80% of damage is preventable through better care and handling practices.

-Michael Matthews
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Straight from the Flexible Endoscope expert™

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"There are many potential ways that crush damage can occur, but the three most common culprits identified..."

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"Buckling is common in both areas but is more expensive to repair when it occurs in..."

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"Fortunately, the root causes of both slicing and blistering are usually easy to identify. Transportation mishandling..."

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"The design of the knobs hides their most vulnerable point, namely the O-rings underneath the knobs, which..."

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"Every flexible endoscope repair vendor should provide a detailed repair report that shows..."

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"The easiest way to get started is to set a regularly scheduled time to send flexible scopes out for repair..."

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"Healthcare facilities typically do not receive training on the early warning signs that a scope needs..."

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"The most common source of physician frustration with flexible scopes is a poorly performing angulation..."

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"The most common mistake I see in storage cabinets is putting too many scopes into the cabinets. If you..."

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"Most damage happens when the scope is loaded into an automated endoscope reprocessor (AER). To..."

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"A recent survey found that 70% of technicians feel pressured to speed up the manual cleaning..."

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"Deficiencies and inconsistent leak testing practices are some of the costliest process failures and..."

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"Transportation is easily forgotten because there is often no specific hospital department that “owns” the..."

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"The time period immediately following a procedure is one of the most critical points for flexible scope cleaning..."

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"Even the greatest improvements will fail if they don’t become part of the “normal” way of doing things. There..."

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"Even if you can’t immediately determine “how” the damage happened, knowing how much..."

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"For frontline staff, there are few things as stress-inducing as when critical equipment fails- especially..."

Contact This Expert

Do you have questions about flexible endoscopes?

You can reach Michael at: michael.matthews@agilitihealth.com

Learn more about Agiliti by visiting their website.

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