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GREEN ENDOSCOPY: RELATION BETWEEN STORAGE TIME AND MICROBIOLOGICAL SAFETY LEVEL

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Medicine

Abstract

The importance of applying sustainability concepts to endoscopes has recently been raised particularly in low to moderate-income countries. This concept aims to provide high-quality care, reducing negative impacts on the environment, healthcare workers, and the endoscopes themselves, without impairing patient safety. A total of 14 endoscopes (6 gastroscopes, 4 bronchoscopes and 4 duodenoscopes) were stored for 10-20 days after being high level disinfected using a standard technique according to recommended guidelines and sampled by flush-brush-flush sampling method (FBFSM) to screen for bacterial recontamination after storage. According to the study, no bacterial count difference between days (1-8) for gastroscopes, (1-11) for duodenoscopes and days (1-15) for bronchoscopes which means that the shelf life of the endoscope could be extended from 24 hours to 8 days for gastroscopes, 11 days for duodenoscopes and for bronchoscopes the duration could be extended to 15 days without reprocessing.
 
 

DOI

10.21608/jes.2024.284266.1778

Keywords

Endoscope Surveillance, Flush Brush Flush Method, Endoscope Sustainability, Green Endoscopy

Authors

First Name

Nourhan

Last Name

Abdo

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Medical Sciences, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Environmental Research, Ain Shams University

Email

nourhanshahein90@gmail.com

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Orcid

0009-0007-3850-2347

First Name

moustafa

Last Name

ragab

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Medical Sciences, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Environmental Research, Ain Shams University

Email

moustragab101@gmail.com

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-

First Name

Gehan

Last Name

Fahmy

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital.

Email

gehanfahmy1966@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Iman

Last Name

Elkholy

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital.

Email

imankholy@yahoo.com

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-

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-

Volume

53

Article Issue

9

Related Issue

50480

Issue Date

2024-09-01

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2024-04-21

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2024-09-01

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2,459

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2,472

Print ISSN

1110-0826

Online ISSN

2636-3178

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https://jes.journals.ekb.eg/article_381922.html

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381,922

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500

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Publication Title

Journal of Environmental Science

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https://jes.journals.ekb.eg/

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GREEN ENDOSCOPY: RELATION BETWEEN STORAGE TIME AND MICROBIOLOGICAL SAFETY LEVEL

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23 Dec 2024