Survey and recommendations for gastrointestinal endoscope cleaning and disinfection quality in 74 medical institutions in Yangzhou of Jiangsu Province
- VernacularTitle:江苏省扬州市74家医疗机构消化内镜清洗消毒质量调查与建议
- Author:
Xiaofang YE
1
;
Jianping SUN
;
Ying QIN
;
Qi LIU
;
Shuping DONG
;
Ting MENG
Author Information
- Keywords: gastrointestinal endoscopy; cleaning; disinfection; biological membrane filtra-tion monitoring; infection control; iatrogenic infection; monitoring standards; invasive procedure
- From: Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2025;29(7):122-126
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Objective To investigate the current situation of personnel training,material alloca-tion,process implementation and quality monitoring of gastrointestinal endoscopy cleaning and disin-fection in medical institutions at all levels in Yangzhou City,so as to provide reliable data for further improving the quality management of digestive endoscopy cleaning and disinfection in the city.Meth-ods According to the latest industry standards,a questionnaire was designed to carry out an online questionnaire survey on the status quo of digestive endoscopy cleaning and disinfection in 74 medical institutions of different levels in Yangzhou City,and the results were analyzed.Results 50％of the city's hospitals adopt the way of self-training within the department,and only 22 people have obtained the provincial or above professional cleaning and disinfection certificate.In 21.62％of hospitals,cleaning and disinfection personnel were not assessed before starting work.13.51％of the hospitals did not use purified water for terminal rinsing,and 44.59％of the hospitals did not have a cleaning and disinfection machine.79.73％of hospitals recorded by hand.71.62％of the hospitals failed to carry out standard cleaning quality monitoring,83.78％of the hospitals did not implement biofiltra-tion monitoring method.In addition,in the biological monitoring in 2023,14.86％of hospitals had the problem of excessive microorganisms.Conclusion The implementation of endoscope cleaning and disinfection standards varied significantly among medical institutions in Yangzhou,with level one and level two hospitals posing potential hospital infection risks.It is recommended to establish a pro-fessional entry system for endoscope cleaning and disinfection personnel citywide,increase investment in hardware facilities,and strictly enforce monitoring standards.
