This course has been developed to provide healthcare workers responsible for the management and reprocessing of Flexible Endoscopes and Intracavity Ultrasound Probes (also referred to as reusable medical devices – RMDs) with an understanding of the recommended Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) practices for these procedures.
This course has been designed to educate healthcare workers responsible for the management and reprocessing of Flexible Endoscopes and Intracavity Ultrasound Probes of the high-risk nature of these procedures, and recommended infection prevention and control practices according to current standards and guidelines, and manufacturers’ instructions for use.
This course has been includes:
- Requirements for a Quality Assurance Management Program,
- Risk-based approaches to reusable medical device reprocessing that systematically evaluates the hazards and threats which can arise during the medical device reprocessing pathway from the point of use to subsequent reuse on an alternate Patient - this is a requirement under AS 5369, and
- Education about the environment and equipment in accordance with current standards and guidelines, including expanded requirements in relation to flexible endoscope and intracavity ultrasound probe reprocessing areas as per AS 5369.
The course provides an understanding of:
- education, experience and learning tools requirements
- environment and equipment requirements
- Procedure Room and Reprocessing Area practices
- responsibilities of healthcare workers in relation to IPC management of Flexible Endoscopes and Ultrasound Probes, including Loaner/New Flexible Endoscopes and Ultrasound Probes
- appropriate precautions, including Standard and Transmission Based Precautions, personal protective equipment (PPE) and effective hand hygiene, and
- documentation, and incident management.
Flexible Endoscopes, Ultrasound Probes, Reusable Medical Devices, RMDs, Disinfection, Sterilisation, Reprocessing, Endoscopy, HICMR
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