All Joint Commission-accredited healthcare facilities are required to maintain medical equipment inventory. Rigid endoscopes are typically under a lease agreement or repair exchange contract with the manufacturer, meaning when an endoscope needs repair, the damaged endoscope is replaced with a refurbished endoscope.
Biomedical departments find the tracking requirement a challenge because rigid endoscopes are frequently replaced. The requirement is much easier to meet for flexible endoscopes because they are easier to repair and do not require a replacement as often as rigid endoscopes.
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