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## Background: Automated drying may help prevent endoscopically transmitted infections. we aimed to assess the efficacy of an automated drying and storage cabinet compared to a standard storage cabinet in achieving endoscope dryness postreprocessing and in reducing the risk of microbial growth. ## Methods: Drying times of bronchoscopes, colonoscopes, and duodenoscopes using 2 drying platforms (an automated drying and storage cabinet vs a standard storage cabinet) were measured using cobalt chloride paper. drying assessments occurred at: 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, and 24 hours. a simple linear regression analysis compared rates of microbial growth after inoculation with pseudomonas aeruginosa following high-level disinfection at: 0, 3 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, and 48 hours. ## Results: Using the automated drying and storage cabinet, internal channels were dry at 1 hour and external surfaces at 3 hours in all endoscopes. with the standard storage cabinet, there was residual internal fluid at 24 hours, whereas external surfaces were dry at 24 hours. for bronchoscopes, colonoscopes, and duodenoscopes, the standard cabinet allowed for an average rate of colony forming unit g

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Author

Perumpail, Ryan B.; Marya, Neil B.; McGinty, Betty L.; Muthusamy, V. Raman

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Mosby Inc.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1527-3296)

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)