Reusable endoscopic water bottles: is daily renewal really necessary?

Most guidelines recommend replacing endoscopic water bottles at least daily with newly sterilized or high-level disinfected water bottles. All these recommendations, however, are mainly based on expert opinions and outbreak reports. We tested the water quality from water bottles used in a gastrointe...

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Published inThe Journal of hospital infection Vol. 100; no. 3; pp. e135 - e137
Main Authors Jouck, D., Magerman, K., Bruckers, L., Waumans, L., Forier, A., Blommen, M., Walgraeve, D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2018
Subjects
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Endoscope
Endoscope reprocessing
Endoscopes - microbiology
Endoscopy
Infection Control - methods
Lens
Wash water
Water bottle
Water Microbiology
Lens
Endoscope reprocessing
Endoscopy
Wash water
Water bottle
Endoscope
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Summary:Most guidelines recommend replacing endoscopic water bottles at least daily with newly sterilized or high-level disinfected water bottles. All these recommendations, however, are mainly based on expert opinions and outbreak reports. We tested the water quality from water bottles used in a gastrointestinal endoscopy unit where water bottles were used up to five days. The results show that the reuse of water bottles for more than one day is inadequate. The expert opinion in favour of changing water bottles daily rather than after five days is a sensible and safer option.
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ISSN:0195-6701
1532-2939
DOI:10.1016/j.jhin.2018.07.025