Chapter 7 Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization Procedures
7.2
Cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization
procedures
Endoscope reprocessing summary chart
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Clean disinfect and sterilize the endoscope according to the procedure
described below.
High-level disinfection
(Section 7.6)
Rinsing after high-level
disinfection (Section 7.7)
ALL channels of the endoscope, including the balloon
channel where existing, MUST be cleaned and high-level
disinfected or sterilized during EVERY reprocessing cycle,
even if the channels were not used during the previous
patient procedure. Otherwise, insufficient cleaning and
disinfection or sterilization of the endoscope may pose an
infection-control risk to the patient and/or operators
performing the next procedure with the endoscope.
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Withdrawal of the endoscope
Precleaning (Section 7.3)
Leakage testing (Section 7.4)
Manual cleaning (Section 7.5)
Storage and Disposal
(Chapter 9)
Sterilization (Section 7.8)