Case study
patient safety by eliminating the risk of cross- contamination or recontamination during storage or transport, and the drying process is very quick – taking just a matter of minutes. “We became a one-stop-shop for the Trust’s
requirements ensuring the safety and integrity of the scope from the beginning of the process right the way through the lifecycle of the scope – including reprocessing, storage and traceability,” said Doherty. In April 2021, the hospital increased its
capacity even further with an additional two washers and an additional PlasmaTYPHOON system, sourced from Wassenburg. Throughout the building work at Pinderfields, Wassenburg Medical provided support to ensure that machines were installed, and additional capacity provided, without disruption to the reprocessing operations. The company designed a solution that would enable a ‘phased installation’ of equipment, upscaling capacity as and when it was required. This meant that the Trust could continue to always provide vital endoscopy services for its patients. In addition, as the Dewsbury and Pontefract
sites had to increase capacity for a period, while work was underway at Pinderfields on the new central hub, Wassenburg’s engineers provided the added reassurance of a rapid response
decontamination facility also enables us to move scopes around, if one site is not using something and another needs it. All the scopes are all coming through the single unit, so this is simpler to achieve,” Osler explained. Fairbank added that Wassenburg ensured the installation was completed on time, while the service provided for planned preventative maintenance and the response to faults has been “very quick and efficient”. “Most importantly, Wassenburg worked
service to ensure maximum uptime. “Along with sterile services users, endoscopy
staff have noticed a significant benefit from using this dry system. It is quicker and there is no risk of fogging – for the end user, this has been a huge benefit and less scopes have needed to go for repair,” commented Angela Fairbank, head of medical devices, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. “We now have the single site which makes the maintenance and upkeep of the machines much easier to manage, and staff are on shift for longer compared to when it was located within the endoscopy unit – we have a better team approach. Having the centralised
around our service, so we could still meet our patient demands,” she concluded. Ultimately, by investing in the end-to-end solution and state-of-the-art facilities, the Trust has ensured compliance with JAG accreditation, as well as enabling the delivery of safe, efficient services that can meet the demand for increased capacity, both now and in the future. The new £1.2m state-of-the art unit now provides decontamination services for many NHS hospitals and private clinics across the north of England and employs around 130 staff – operating 7 days a week, 24 hour per day. CSJ
* Validated for up to 744 storage hours (31 days) according to NF EN 16442 norm. The maximum storage time may be subject to local regulations on endoscope storage.
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