Survey of Endoscope Reprocessing in Korea
- Authors
- Park, Jeong Bae; Yang, Jae Nam; Lim, Yun Jeong; Koo, Ja Seol; Jang, Jae Young; Park, Sang Hoon; Hong, Su Jin; Kim, Sang-Woo; Chun, Hoon Jai
- Issue Date
- 1월-2015
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY
- Keywords
- Reprocessing; Endoscopy; Data collection
- Citation
- CLINICAL ENDOSCOPY, v.48, no.1, pp.39 - 47
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- CLINICAL ENDOSCOPY
- Volume
- 48
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 39
- End Page
- 47
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/94694
- DOI
- 10.5946/ce.2015.48.1.39
- ISSN
- 2234-2400
- Abstract
- Background/Aims: There is a growing emphasis on quality management in endoscope reprocessing. Previous surveys conducted in 2002 and 2004 were not practitioner-oriented. Therefore, this survey is significant for being the first to target actual participants in endoscope reprocessing in Korea. Methods: This survey comprised 33 self-filled questions, and was personally delivered to nurses and nursing auxiliaries in the endoscopy departments of eight hospitals belonging to the society. The anonymous responses were collected after 1 week either by post or in person by committee members. Results: The survey included 100 participants. In the questionnaire addressing compliance rates with the reprocessing guideline, the majority (98.9%) had a high compliance rate compared to 27% of respondents in 2002 and 50% in 2004. The lowest rate of compliance with a reprocessing procedure was reported for transporting the contaminated endoscope in a sealed container. Automated endoscope reprocessors were available in all hospitals. Regarding reprocessing time, more than half of the subjects replied that reprocessing took more than 15 minutes (63.2%). Conclusions: The quality management of endoscope reprocessing has improved as since the previous survey. A national survey expanded to include primary clinics is required to determine the true current status of endoscope reprocessing.
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