Influence of automated flexible endoscope channel brushing system on endoscopic cleaning quality
10.3760/cma.j.cn321463-20230829-00439
- VernacularTitle:自动化软式内镜通道刷洗系统对内镜清洗质量的影响
- Author:
Xianglan WANG
1
;
Renduo SHANG
;
Jun LIU
;
Xingmin HUANG
;
Zi LUO
;
Xuan CAI
;
Honggang YU
Author Information
1. 武汉大学人民医院消化内镜中心，武汉 430060
- Keywords:
Endoscopes;
Cleaning;
Brushing;
Microbiological surveillance
- From:
Chinese Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
2024;41(2):142-146
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the effect of automated flexible endoscope channel brushing system (AFECBS) on endoscope reprocessing.Methods:A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted. The used endoscopes were divided into automatic group and manual group by random number table method, 200 in each group. In the automatic group, the AFECBS was used to scrub each tube 3 times during endoscope cleaning; and in the manual group, scrubbing and disinfection personnel routinely brushed each pipeline for 3 times. The primary end point was the qualified rate of endoscopic cleaning quality in the two groups, and the secondary end point was the time spent by the scrubbing and disinfection personnel on the two groups.Results:The qualified rate of overall cleaning in the automatic group was 90.0% (180/200), and in the manual group was 81.0% (162/200). The qualified rate of the automatic group was higher than that of the manual group ( χ2=6.534, P=0.011). The qualified rate of gastroscope cleaning in the automatic group was higher than that in the manual group [92.0% (127/138) VS 81.6% (120/147), χ2=6.658, P=0.010]. There was no significant difference in the qualified rate of colonoscope cleaning between the automatic group and the manual group [85.5% (53/62) VS 79.2% (42/53), χ2=0.774, P=0.379]. When the cleaning personnel scoured 5 endoscopes in each of the two groups, the time of the automatic group (5.17±0.42 min) was shorter than that of the manual group (9.60±0.53 min) ( t=92.644, P<0.001). Conclusion:Compared with manual scrubbing, AFECBS can improve the qualified rate of endoscope cleaning and the work efficiency of scrubbing and disinfection personnel, which is worthy of clinical application.
