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Article: Poor leak testing forcing scope repair costs to rise.
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- Healthcare Purchasing News
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- June 1, 2000
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Experts: Checks should be made prior to disinfection
Always important for surgical and sterilization personnel in the past, the repair of flexible endoscopes may have recently entered a critical, new stage.
Experts say there is increasing evidence that flexible scopes are being pushed into harder, longer service, leading to larger repair expenses and budgets.
That's hardly good news for hospital managers already feeling pressure to do more with less.
But here's the rub: The leading cause of costly flexible endoscope repairs continues to be poor or nonexistent leak testing by hospitals. Manufacturers recommend testing for fluid invasion ...