Olympus EVIS EXERA II - Manual Cleaning and Flushing of Accessories

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Chapter 9 Reprocessing the Endoscope (and related reprocessing accessories)
ULTRASOUND GASTROVIDEOSCOPE GF-UCT180
Soaking the endoscope and all equipment in disinfectant
solution
All disinfection steps should be performed with the
endoscope and all equipment completely immersed. If the
equipment is detached while not immersed, disinfectant
solution may not adequately contact all surfaces. As a result,
the effectiveness of disinfection may be reduced.
1. With the endoscope and all equipment completely immersed in the
disinfectant solution, detach all equipment from the endoscope. Leave the
endoscope and all equipment immersed in the disinfectant solution.
2. Immerse the distal end in disinfectant solution, and move the elevator
control lever in the “U” direction to slope the forceps elevator.
3. If air bubbles adhere to the surfaces of the endoscope and/or equipment,
wipe them away using a clean, lint-free cloth.
4. Cover the basin with a tight-fitting lid to minimize the diffusion of disinfectant
vapors.
5. Soak the endoscope and all equipment in disinfectant solution for the
amount of time and at the temperature and concentration recommended by
the disinfectant manufacturer.
Removing the endoscope and all equipment from disinfectant
solution
1.
Before removing the endoscope from the disinfectant solution, attach the
channel plug, injection tube, cleaning adapter for the instrument channel
port and washing tube to the endoscope. Attach the channel plug’s biopsy
valve cap to the cleaning adapter for the instrument channel port.
2. Remove the injection tube’s suction port from the disinfectant solution.
3. Attach the 30 cm
3
(30 ml) syringe to the injection tube’s air/water channel
port and flush the air/water channel with 150 cm
3
(150 ml) of air.
4. Attach the 30 cm
3
(30 ml) syringe to the injection tube’s suction channel port
and flush the suction channel with 150 cm
3
(150 ml) of air.
5. Attach the 5 cm
3
(5 ml) syringe to the washing tube and flush the elevator
wire channel with 15 cm
3
(15 ml) of air.
6. Remove the endoscope and all equipment from the disinfectant solution.
7. Detach all equipment from the endoscope.