CleanGuard® Disposable Endoscope Valves

Why put your patients’ safety and facilities’ reputation at risk reprocessing endoscope valves when you could use CleanGuard™ Disposable Endoscope Valves? Meeting the standards of AORN, AAMI & SGNA^2,4, these single-use valves are designed to help you protect patients by reducing the risk of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

• One Less Risk to Worry About
  • Effective Endoscope reprocessing isn’t easy. In fact, there are over 40 Steps in the leading flexible scope manufacturer’s reprocessing manual for cleaning and disinfecting reusable scope valves – including 7 WARNINGS and 5 CAUTIONS.¹ By switching to single-use valves, you remove several steps from the process and help eliminate a potential risk to patients.
• Meets the Standards of AORN, AAMI & SGNA^2,4
  • CleanGuard™ Disposable Endoscope Valves comply with AORN, AAMI and SGNA Practice Committee Infection Control Standards for flexible endoscope reprocessing – so you can ensure your facility is following industry best practices.
• What Threats May Be Hiding on Your “Patient-Ready” Reprocessed Valves?
  • Are your reprocessed valves truly patient-ready? A private study by Nova Group showed that of 64 Air/Water and Suction valves deemed to be “patient ready” 60.2% contained bacteria, yeast, mold or spores.⁶ Likewise, an EndoNurse report found that 8 of 15 (53.3%) biopsy port valves exhibited some form of debris after cleaning.⁵
• Designed to Save Time
  • In addition to peace of mind, these valves are also designed to increase efficiency by eliminating the time and effort required to reprocess endoscope valves.

_{¹https://medical.olympusamerica.com/sites/default/files/pdf/TJF-Q180V_ReprocessingManual.pdf
²AORN. “2016 Guidelines for Perioperative Practice: Guideline for Processing Flexible Endoscopes.” (2016, February)
³AAMI. “American National Standards ANSI/AAMI ST91: 2015. Flexible and semi-rigid endoscope processing in health care facilities.” (2015)
⁴SGNA. “Standards of Infection Prevention in Reprocessing of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes.” (2015)
⁵https://www.conmed.com/-/media/CONMED/Documents/Other/Superbugsandtraceabilityofscopevalves.pdf  December 1,  2006.  Accessed 30th    July 2015. Could  Biopsy Port  Valves  Be a  Source  for Potential  Flexible Endoscope Contamination?
⁶­Study shows  contaminated endoscope valves routinely  used in the US  By  Nova  |  Published  October  21,2013.  Accessed  30th  July  2015 https://www.conmed.com/-/media/CONMED/Documents/Other/Superbugsandtraceabilityofscopevalves.pdf}