Every flexible endoscope cycle that moves through your endoscopy suite depends on one piece of equipment working flawlessly behind the scenes: the automated endoscope reprocessors. When an AER goes down, procedures back up, staff scramble, and patient safety risk climbs. This guide walks hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers through the endoscope reprocessing essentials—what these machines do, how to maintain them, and where to turn when something breaks. What an Automated Endoscope Reprocessor Actually Does An AER is purpose-built to perform high level disinfection on flexible endosc...
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In July 2015 the CDC (Centers for Disease Controls) asked HICPAC (Healthcare infection Control Practices Advisory Committee) for their recommendations on how to improve the facility-level training for those using reprocessing endoscopes. A large work group of 14 primary entities was formed to collectively development recommendations for HICPAC to take into consideration. The HICPAC recommendations were finalized and made available in July 2016. The first sentence in the CDC's Introduction indicates "healthcare facilities should have a reliable, high-quality system for endoscope reprocessing wh...
