Endoscope Precleaning And Manual Cleaning; Inspection Before Use - Olympus OER-Pro Operation Manual

4.2

Inspection before use

4.3

Endoscope precleaning and manual cleaning

ENDOSCOPE REPROCESSOR OER-Pro Operation Manual
The equipment should be inspected before use to ensure safe operation. For
details on the items to check and how to check them, see Chapter 3, "Inspection
Before Use".
Endoscopes must be first cleaned according to one of two ways, prior to
reprocessing in the OER-Pro:
 Manual precleaning and cleaning
Immediately after each patient examination, perform bedside cleaning, clean the
outer surfaces of the endoscope, brush the forceps elevator (if applicable), brush
the suction channel, flush and rinse all channels according to the step-by-step
cleaning procedure described in the endoscope's instruction manual. Complete
both the prescribed bedside and manual cleaning procedures. After the
endoscope undergoes full manual cleaning, it can be reprocessed in the
OER-Pro. The OER-Pro then provides supplemental cleaning and high-level
disinfection.
 Modified precleaning and cleaning
Immediately after each patient examination, perform the bedside-cleaning and
manual-cleaning procedures for the endoscope as described in the endoscope's
instruction manual, but with the modifications described in this section. This
section describes: 1) how certain steps performed at the bedside can be
performed using less fluid volume, and using water in place of detergent, 2) how
the manual steps for brushing the channels and the elevator (if applicable), and
for cleaning the outside surfaces of the endoscope are unchanged, but 3) how
the requirement to connect certain flushing tubes, and the need to manually
flush detergent and rinse water through the channels can be omitted. The
functions of the modified/omitted steps are covered by the cleaning process of
the OER-Pro. After cleaning the endoscope following this modified procedure,
the endoscope can be placed in the OER-Pro. The OER-Pro completes the
cleaning process and follows this with high-level disinfection.
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