It was reported that the nurse manager requested an in-service to be provided to their new hire employees for the reprocessing of gastrointestinal videoscope.During in-service it was noted that the staff were not dosing the enzymatic detergent appropriately according to the manufacturer requirements (ratio of detergent with water for 500ml) when pre-cleaning the endoscope.Staff did not have access to the olympus air/water cleaning adapter for pre-cleaning.Staff did not have the channel opening cleaning brush to use when manually cleaning the endoscope.In-service training was completed, attendance documented, and copy of training forms provided to the facility nurse manager.There were no reports of patient harm or impact associated with this event.
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The endoscopy support specialist (ess) noted that the facility did not have adequate supplies to complete the reprocessing process.The ess was able to locate one air/water cleaning adapter that was kept in a drawer, still in packaging.The ess showed the staff how to use this adapter for pre-cleaning as well as the function of the button and why it needed to be used for every endoscopes during pre-cleaning.Discussed the need for one adapter to every endoscope owned.While the staff did not have any channel opening brushes to use at that moment, the ess discussed the steps required for this brushing and how to do it, also referencing their reprocessing wall chart the staff had access to.Since the facility has 190 endoscopes, the ess did let the staff know they can use potable sink water for their pre-cleaning so that they are not improperly mixing their enzymatic detergent.The ess also suggested the use of pre-packaged enzymatic cleaner which is used for the purpose of pre-cleaning endoscopes.The facility nurse manager was not onsite to provide all this information to, although the ess did provide all information to her in an email, including the need for additional air/water cleaning adapters as well as channel opening brushes.Should additional relevant information become available, a supplemental report will be submitted.
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