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Olympus received the following article on (b)(6) 2021 from the us/emea medtech newsletter: (b)(6) 2021 (9934 gastrointestinal endoscopy volume 93, no.4: 2021): enhanced reprocessing of duodenoscopes: a glass half full or half empty? gastrointestinal endoscopy sushrut sujan thiruvengadam, md v.Raman muthusamy, md, mas- (b)(6) 2021.The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of reprocessing duodenoscopes with either double high-level disinfection (dhld) or liquid chemical sterilization (lcs).This was a prospective randomized study using 67 duodenoscopes (olympus models tjf-q180 (reported in case with patient identifier (b)(6)) and tjf-160 (reported in case with patient identifier (b)(6)) randomized, and 10 older-model duodenoscopes, olympus jf-130 (reported in case with patient identifier (b)(6)), jf-140 (reported in case with patient identifier (b)(6)), and tjf-140 (reported in case with patient identifier (b)(6)) which were included in this analysis but were not randomized.All older scopes were reprocessed with dhld, given the institutional experience with dhld on these less commonly used models.Duodenoscopes were randomly cultured after reprocessing.There was no patient involvement.The study concluded there was no significant difference in the positive culture results between the dhld group and the lcs group.
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