Suctions and shavers – oh my!

We’ve found lots of icky stuff when we inspect endoscopes with borescopes, but what about the lumens of surgical instruments? Krystina Hopkins, MPH, describes findings from borescope investigations of suction tips and arthroscopic shaver handpieces.

This video covers content included in Ofstead & Associates’ free, 1-hour, CE-eligible webinar called “Beyond endoscopes: Visual inspection of surgical instrument lumens” available here:
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Check out the other resources listed in this video, including:

Youtube:
- Visual inspection playlist    • Common defects found with borescopes  
- Inspection of surgical instruments on the “clean” side of sterile processing
   • Inspection of surgical instruments on...  
- Common defects found with borescopes
   • Common defects found with borescopes  

Peer-reviewed literature:
- Tosh et al. Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa surgical site infections after arthroscopic procedures: Texas, 2009. ICHE. 2011;32(12):1179-1186.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...
- Azizi, Basile. Doubt and proof: The need to verify the cleaning process. BI&T. 2022;46:49-54.
https://array.aami.org/doi/10.2345/08...
- Azizi et al. Uphill grime: Process improvement in surgical instrument cleaning. AORN J. 2012;96(2)L152-162.
https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wil...
- Ofstead et al. The utility of lighted magnification and borescopes for visual inspection of flexible endoscopes. AJIC. 2023;51(1):2-10.
https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S...

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