Chapter 3 Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization Procedures
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EVIS LUCERA JF/TJF TYPE 260V REPROCESSING MANUAL
3.2
Cleaning, disinfection and sterilization
procedures
After each procedure, clean, disinfect and sterilize the endoscope according to
the procedure described below.
Endoscope reprocessing summary chart
ALL channels of the endoscope, including the elevator wire
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.
Withdrawal of the endoscope
Precleaning (Section 3.3)
Leakage testing (Section 3.4)
Manual cleaning (Section 3.5)
High-level disinfection
(Section 3.6)
Sterilization (Section 3.8)
Rinsing after high-level
disinfection (Section 3.7)
Storage and Disposal (Chapter 5)