Suction Tubes

Reprocessing

Suction tubes need to be cleaned and inspected correctly to prevent risk to patients. Visually check Frazier, Baron, and House suction tubes for dents and sharp edges. Visual inspection of suction tube lumens with a borescope is necessary to verify there is no remaining biomatter or debris.

EL-V2040 Endoinspect

Filthy Surgical Instruments

The Hidden Threat

” …described how his team ran a tiny surgical video camera [Borescope] inside 350 surgery-ready suction tips (a common tool surgeons use to suction blood and fluids). All of the suctions tips contained blood, bone, tissue, even rust.” Source: Publicintegrity.org

How to see Inside?

Borescopes are the only viable method to visually verify suction tubes are free from damage, biomatter, and debris during the cleaning process.

Endoinspect

The Endoinspect is the best borescope system for inspection of suction tubes because it has multiple probe diameters to see inside all types of suction tubes.
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Best Practices

“Tools such as video borescopes of an appropriate dimension (length and diameter) may be used to visually inspect the internal channels of some medical devices.”

IAHCSMM

Lumens pose a cleaning challenge because of their narrow structure that prevents visualization during the cleaning; therefore, it is important to always check lumens for cleanliness after cleaning. Visual inspection of lumens can be accomplished using a borescope
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How to see Inside?

Borescopes are the only viable method to visually verify suction tubes are free from damage, biomatter, and debris during the cleaning process.

Endoinspect

The discovery of dirty endoscopes has previously led hospitals to issue alarming warnings to thousands of endoscopy patients that they should be tested for diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B and C

Best Practices

“Tools such as video borescopes of an appropriate dimension (length and diameter) may be used to
visually inspect the internal channels of some medical devices.”

IAHCSMM

Lumens pose a cleaning challenge because of their narrow structure that prevents visualization during the cleaning; therefore, it is important to always check lumens for cleanliness after cleaning. Visual inspection of lumens can be accomplished using a borescope