Complex Instruments

checking the collar at the distal tip

• The first step to inspect the insulation of a laparoscopic instrument

• The first step to taking your dog for a walk

• The first step to replacing the muffler on a Chevy 350

• The first step to making buttermilk biscuits

Which of the following steps happens first when processing flexible endoscopes?

• Leak-testing

• High-level disinfecting/sterilizing

• pasturizing

• passivation

Treated water

• should be used to thoroughly rinse (remove) all traces of disinfectant from an endoscope's channels

• is sterile

• is used for pre-rinse only

• will not cause fluid invasion

an automatic endoscope reprocessor

• disinfects or sterilizes endoscopes

• disinfects or sterilizes power sets

• disinfects or sterilizes disposable items

• brushes lumens better than a human

lowest part of the large intestine

• sigmoid colon

• transverse colon

• jejunum

• gastricum

loaner instruments should be

• decontaminated before use

• decontaminated if they appear soiled

• stacked as high as you can

• sold on ebay

the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates

• provides guidelines for scope processing

• provides instructions for scope processing

• provides pizza parties for scope reprocessing

• does unannounced inspections

instrument testing and inspection should be done

• in the clean assembly area after cleaning

• in the decontamination area

• by qualified repair company personnel only

• according to EPA guidelines

some flexible endoscopes are for diagnostic purposes and have no internal channels

• true

• false

• what is diagnostic?

Flexible endoscopes that fail a leak test must be repaired before being used.

• true

• false