Infection prevention in endoscopy practice; comparative evaluation of reusable vs single use endoscopic valves
| Autor: | C. Gandolfo, M. Golia, A. Maurano, Gianpaolo Cengia, G. Manes, P. Da Massa Carrara, Bastianello Germanà, L. Schiffino, M.G. Graziani, Maria Grazia Cusi, Luigi Pasquale, Antonio Pisani, Chiara Terrosi, L. Rodella, E. Marciano |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Suction (medicine)
medicine.medical_specialty Single use medicine.diagnostic_test Efficacy business.industry Single-use valves Endoscopy Re-usable valves Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Pathogenicity Comparative evaluation Surgery Endoscopy Re-usable valves Single-use valves Safety Efficacy Infection Medicine Infection control Original Research Article Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Safety business Infection |
| Zdroj: | Infection Prevention in Practice, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 100123-(2021) Infection Prevention in Practice |
| Popis: | Summary Re-usable air/water and suction valves used in endoscopes often demonstrate risk of infection. To the authors' knowledge, the safety and efficacy of re-usable and single-use valves have not been compared to date. As such, a laboratory investigation was undertaken to compare the safety and efficacy of re-usable and single-use valves at 11 Italian endoscopy sites. Safety was evaluated by analysing the rinse liquid of reprocessed re-usable valves ready for use, and efficacy was assessed based on the completion of endoscopic procedures without valve malfunction. This study found significantly lower contamination of single-use valves compared with re-usable valves (0 vs 29.1%, respectively; P=0.007) and similar efficacy (97.6 vs 98.8%, respectively; P=ns). Microbiological analysis of the rinse liquid of reprocessed re-usable valves identified various surviving micro-organisms and highlighted their potential pathogenicity. Such data suggest that sterile single-use valves may be safer than re-usable valves, and have comparable performance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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