Practical Experience of Endoscope Reprocessing and Working-Platform Disinfection in COVID-19 Patients: A Report from Guangdong China during the Pandemic

Background. No consensus exists regarding which procedures should be performed to disinfect endoscopes and working platforms after COVID-19 patients have undergone endoscopy. Methods. We analyzed the disinfection quality of endoscopes and working platforms after 11 COVID-19 patients had undergone en...

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Main Authors: Xianqi Lin, Zhenyi Zhang, Minzhao Gao, Zhenling Zhang, Zhidong Lin, Siwen Huang, Jiangnan Ren, Meijuan Luo, Xiaoqing Xu, Guilan Chen, Hongjun Chen, Renxu Lai, Xiaochun Wu, Lihua Zhang, Xiaofeng Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9869742
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Summary:Background. No consensus exists regarding which procedures should be performed to disinfect endoscopes and working platforms after COVID-19 patients have undergone endoscopy. Methods. We analyzed the disinfection quality of endoscopes and working platforms after 11 COVID-19 patients had undergone endoscopy. Conclusions. For endoscopic preprocessing at the bedside, a key disinfection step is using a multienzyme stock solution. The nucleic acid tests for endoscopists, washers, endoscopes, and working platforms were all negative. Based on our experience with the 11 COVID-19 patients who had undergone endoscopy, we provide an endoscopic reprocessing method for the bedside endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients for reference.
ISSN:1687-6121
1687-630X