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Article: Scope sterilization tough due to time contraints and complex devices. (Products & Services).
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- Healthcare Purchasing News
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- April 1, 2003
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Make it snappy, but make it clean. That hit of advice is something Lamont Holliday wishes he didn't hear so often when it comes to reprocessing flexible endoscopes. Crowded schedules put a daily squeeze on scope supplies, says the manager of central sterile services at University Hospital, Newark, NJ. But despite the hectic pace, the risk of infection associated with an improperly cleaned and disinfected scope is a matter the hospital and the CS staff has in mind and takes very seriously.
"We are always under the gun to turn cases around. The pressure is on. We're trying to meet customer demand and trying to clean the scopes properly," Holliday says. "But you ...