Monitoring and improving the effectiveness of cleaning medical and surgical devices

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Alfa, Michelle J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ATP; Manual cleaning; Organic residuals

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROSCOPE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLEANING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; DUODENOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL DEVICE REPROCESSING; MONITOR; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STAFF TRAINING; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WASHER;

ARTHROSCOPES; CROSS INFECTION; DUODENOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; STERILIZATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84876939046     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. ANSI/AAMI ST79. Comprehensive guide to steam sterilization and sterility assurance in healthcare facilities 2011 AAMI publishers Arlington, VA
2. Draft FDA guidance: Manufacturers to validate cleaning instructions. 2011. Available from: www.fda.gov//reprocessingreusabledevices. Accessed February 5, 2013.
3. Horizons: sterilization and reprocessing a matter of patient safety 2012 Association for the Advancement of Medical Instruments (AAMI) publisher, Spring issue. Available from www.aami.org Accessed February 5, 2013
4. M.J. Alfa, N. Olson, and P. DeGagne Automated washing with the reliance endoscope processing system and its equivalence to optimal manual cleaning Am J Infect Control 34 2006 561 570 (Pubitemid 44711916)
5. C.I. Ofstead, H.P. Wetzler, and A.K. Snyder Horton RA Endoscope reprocessing methods: a prospective study on the impact of human factors and automation Gastroenterol Nurs 33 2010 304 311
6. Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. AAMI TIR34:2007. Water for reprocessing medical devices 2011 AAMI publishers Arlington, VA
7. M. Alfa Reprocessing instructions for Orthopedic screw sets 2012 Horizons (AAMI publisher) Spring
8. M.J. Alfa, N. Olson, and A. Al-Fadhaly Cleaning efficacy of medical device washers in North American healthcare facilities J Hosp Infect 74 2009 168 177
9. Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates Inc. Standards of infection control in reprocessing of flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes 2011 Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates Inc Chicago, IL
10. Canadian Standards Association. CSA Z314-8 Decontamination of reusable medical devices. 2008 Canadian Standards Association publisher; 2008.
11. C. Aumeran, L. Polincloux, B. Souweine, F. Robin, H. Laurichnesse, and O. Baud Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia outbreak after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography Endoscopy 42 2010 895 899
12. A. Carbonne, J.M. Thiolet, S. Fournier, S. Fortineau, N. Kassis-CHikhani, and I. Boytchev Control of a multi-hospital outbreak of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumonia type 2 in France, September to October 2009 Euro Surveill 15 2010 pii: 19734
13. P.K. Tosh, M. Disbot, J.M. Duffy, M.L. Boom, G. Heseltine, and A. Srinivasan Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa surgical site infections after arthroscopic procedures: Teas, 2009 Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32 2011 1179 1186
14. Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. AAMI TIR30:2011. A compendium of processes, materials, test methods, and acceptance criteria for cleaning reusable medical devices 2011 AAMI publishers Arlington, VA
15. M.J. Alfa, N. Olson, P. Degagne, and P.J. Simner Development and validation of rapid use scope test strips (RUST) to determine the efficacy of manual cleaning for flexible endoscope channels Am J Infect Control 40 2012 860 865
16. M.J. Alfa, I. Fatima, and N. Olson The ATP test is a rapid and reliable audit tool to assess manual cleaning adequacy of flexible endoscope channels Am J Infect Control 40 2012 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.03.015
17. M.J. Alfa, I. Fatima, and N. Olson Validation of ATP to audit manual cleaning of flexible endoscope channels Am J Infect Control 40 2012 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.03.018
18. B.F. Santos, and E.S. Hungness Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery: progress in humans since white paper World J Gastroenterol 17 2011 1655 1665