“When you look at Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates’ video, they make it very clear not to pre-quantify the number of passes,” Mr. Sweeney says. “Brushing is done underwater, so while you are brushing your scope, you can see if anything is coming out because it will float around in the water. Brushing underwater allows some visibility, and that’s a standard that each manager of an endoscopy suites needs to address with their decontamination technicians.”
Mr. Sweeney adds GI/endoscopy-driven ASCs should take extra precaution in ensuring brushing is always done underwater. Not doing so will lead to flicking of contaminated water particles into the air, causing reintroduction of contamination into an ASC facility.
