A medivators clinical education specialist reported during his follow-up visit to the facility they were not connecting the hookup of their advantage plus automated endoscope reprocessor to the auxilliary water channel of their thf-160f olympus endoscope.The facility received initial in-service training on their advantage plus aer from the medivators ces on (b)(6) 2017 and received follow-up training on (b)(6) 2017.During this time period, there is potential that endoscopes were not properly high level disinfected, thus there is potential for patient cross contamination.The medivators ces confirmed that the facility is now properly connecting the hookup to the auxilliary water channel and is successfully disinfecting these scopes.There have been no reports of patient harm.This complaint will continue being monitored in medivators complaint handling system.
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