INSTRUMENT DECONTAMINATION
A screen displays the stage of the cycle of both of the baths on each machine.
Nearing completion, the like-for-like installation of Wassenburg WD440 PT endoscope washer-disinfectors matches the footprint of the earlier machines.
“One example is the display screen – on the old machine, you had to select ‘left’ or ‘right’ to see the situation; the stage of the cycle. Now both are displayed on the one screen. There are screens on the clean side too. It’s also easier to change chemicals, the connections are better, and it’s easier to close and open – you simply tap the foot bar, rather than the separate foot pad we had before.” Features of the machine include a unique basin and helical tube system. Fluid flow in the helical tube lifts the distal end from the wall, allowing fluid to contact it everywhere. Individual channel pump and connection technology ensures that each endoscope channel is reprocessed and controlled individually on connection, flow, pressure, and blockage. Safeguarding the process, RFID (radio
frequency identification) guarantees safe and traceable appliance of process chemicals and bacterial filters. EndoHigh process chemicals, specially developed for Wassenburg washer-disinfectors, provide a high quality and safe process performance. All steps of the cleaning and disinfection process are traced and monitored in detail. Fully compliant to ISO 15883, the WD440 PT has an IMS (independent monitoring system) independent of the process controller. Richard Cornish added that he has been impressed with the after-sales service: “Invariably, the engineers have been here next day or even the same day. Our staff do weekly tests, including the TVCs (total viable counts), and take water samples. Once the installation’s complete,
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Wassenburg will do the water samples and we’ll continue to do the TVCs. Our staff also undertake minor repairs. All the main parts and labour are covered in the pay-per-use.”
Technicians ‘full of praise’ In the relatively cramped confines of the reprocessing suite, the technicians are equally full of praise for the new EWDs. Janet Smith, a senior technician, observed: “We can load and unload quicker. The cycle times are shorter. The chemicals are easier to handle, and there’s no paperwork. The connections are better, and they are also easier to open and close.” Outlining the benefits of its pay-per- use scheme, Rakesh Javer, managing director, Wassenburg UK, revealed that the company is seeing increasing interest in this approach, and is currently signing off other pay-per-use schemes in the UK. He said: “Our finance solution is helping a growing number of healthcare organisations, both here and across Europe. With pay-per-use you only pay for
the actual number of processes carried out each year for the duration of the contract. It offers a clear calculation of the cost per reprocessing cycle. It includes the cost of the equipment, process chemicals and consumables, preventative and corrective maintenance, and training of personnel.” He concluded: “Pay-per-use is an
attractive alternative to equipment purchase. It offers cash management benefits and minimises risk. It’s a personalised solution in accordance with needs.
“Because you can agree to the duration
of pay-per-use, you can tailor it to your current and future financial situation, providing you with flexibility.”
This article, titled ‘Pay-per-use EWDs for Great Western Hospital’, first appeared in a special Decontamination & Sterilisation supplement published by HEJ sister publication, The Clinical Services Journal, in April 2022. HEJ thanks the Editor of ‘CSJ’ for allowing its reproduction here in slightly edited form.
Rakesh Javer, managing director, Wassenburg UK.
Richard Cornish, right, with Richie Reed, Wassenburg Account manager.
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