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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2021; 12(04): 214-220
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1741077
Review Article

Reprocessing and Reuse of Endoscopic Accessories

Vikram Bhatia
1   Department of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi, India
,
Vaishali Bhardwaj
2   Department of Gastroenterology, PGIMER RML Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Harsh Vardhan Tevethia
1   Department of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Endoscopic accessories are critical devices that breach sterile body sites. They have unique reprocessing difficulties compared with other medical and surgical devices because of their complex structure, narrow lumens, thermolabile construction materials, and application through a semicritical endoscopic device. In addition, there is the possibility of functional derangement of endoscopic accessories with reprocessing, and most are now marketed as single-use devices. While reprocessing of endoscopes has been the subject of numerous societal guidelines, the issue of reprocessing endoscopic accessories and ancillary detachable devices used with the endoscope is seldom addressed. We summarize the existing data on the cleaning and reprocessing of endoscopic accessories.

Keywords

endoscopic accessories - reprocessing - sterilization - biopsy forceps - papillotomes - snares - baskets

Authors' Contribution

Vikram Bhatia wrote the manuscript. Vaishali Bhardwaj and Harsh Vardhan Tevethia reviewed and contributed to the manuscript.




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Article published online:
15 January 2022

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