Lesson 18 · Cleaning, Decontamination and Disinfection
A clean look is no proof for a flexible endoscope. Test it, dry it with air, not alcohol, and label it.
In this lesson
Name a flexible endoscope's main parts and caps, then follow it through the manual's 11 reprocessing steps: point-of-use treatment, transport, leak testing and cleaning, then drying, cleaning verification, high-level disinfection or sterilization, a patient-ready label and storage.
- From the procedure room to the sinkShort read · 4 min
- Check yourself6 questions
- Dry it, prove it clean, then protect itShort read · 4 min
- Put it to work13 questions
About 17 min · 2 short reads · 19 questions