Flexible Endoscope Decontamination
Compatibility Statement for Olympus Flexible Endoscopes Olympus Medical is unable to make any recommendations in relation to the microbiological efficacy of a disinfection or sterilisation solution or process however we do provide advice on the compatibility of decontamination methods and solutions with Olympus flexible endoscopes.
A copy of the latest ’Compatibility Statement - Olympus Flexible Endoscopes - KMF4395’ can be downloaded here
Guidelines For Decontamination of Equipment for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
The British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) has updated its ’Guidelines For Decontamination of Equipment for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy’, and these are available to download from the BSG website: BSG Endoscopy Decontamination_2008 pdf One element of the guidelines is that they contain no specific reprocessing instructions – users are referred to the instructions provided by the manufacturer as, in accordance with the Medical Devices Directive, CE marked reusable devices must all be supplied with comprehensive validated reprocessing instructions.