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Endoscopes - Permit to Work

After the disinfection routines recommended for the particular type of endoscopes has been followed, it is appropriate to issue a certificate of decontamination before servicing.

Please refer to the complete description of the Permit to Work Procedure, and the Permit to Work Form.

This procedure is based upon the recommendations given in:

Medical Devices Agency Device Bulletin DB(NI)2002/05: Decontamination of Endoscopes. December 2002. (This document contains an extensive reference list).

Working Party of the British Society of Gastroenterology. Cleaning and disinfection of equipment for gastrointestinal flexible endoscope: Interim recommendations of a Working Party of the British Society of Gastroenterology, Gut 1988 Aug;29(8):1134-51.

Working Party of the British Society of Gastroenterology Endoscopy Committee. Cleaning and disinfection of equipment for gastrointestinal endoscopy. Gut 1998;42:585-593.

British Thoracic Society Guidelines on diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy. Thorax 2001;56, suppl 1:i1-i21.

Hansen P J V, Jeffries D J, Collins J V. HIV infection: screens, be clean or both? Thorax 1987 Feb;42(2):81-5 .

 

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