Page updated 30 April 2007
Bronchoscopes
Mechanical Cleaning
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After removal from the patient, the bronchoscope should be taken straight to a sink containing a detergent solution. Wipe the insertion tube with a gauze.
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Perform a leak test
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Connect a syringe to the biopsy part and placing the tip of the bronchoscope in the detergent solution, aspirate up and down the channel several times.
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Remove the syringe and insert a cleaning brush all the way down the channel, cleaning it as it emerges from the distal tip. Brush the channel several times.
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Immerse the bronchoscope in the detergent and clean the outside with gauze, brushing the channel repeatedly and cleaning the brush as it emerges from the tip.
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Biopsy brushes should be cleaned ultrasonically if possible.
Disinfection
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Connect the bronchoscope to the EWD.
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Allow the bronchoscope to soak in the disinfectant for the recommended time.
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Remove the bronchoscope. Dry the insertion tube and control box with a gauze and suck air through the channel until dry.
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