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Getingehasbeenamarketleaderinthefieldofinfection control formany years, building on its foundations and longhistory producingmedical sterilisers since1932 .
Getinge launches Pro-CD – process challenge device
Getinge has been a market leader in the field of infection control for many years, building on its foundations and long history producing medical sterilisers since 1932. Since then, Getinge has aspired to spearhead technological developments in infection control in line with scientific understanding and healthcare guidelines. The portfolio of products and solutions transcends all areas of the surgical environment. Following a period of consolidation, over the past year Getinge has reorganised its business in order to ensure greater focus on surgical workflows and enhance the customer experience. Getinge aims to work in synergy with hospitals, healthcare providers and SSD hubs, delivering safe and efficient healthcare in close partnerships. This partnership approach includes flexible commercial solutions tailored to the healthcare provider, the Getinge Academy – working with hospital
teams training on use of equipment and best practice, right down to consumable devices that ensure hospital equipment and processes are working correctly and effectively.
Pro-CD – Process Challenge Device
One of the latest developments in ensuring a ‘total solution’ to customers is the Pro-CD, a process challenge device for Endoscope washer-disinfectors (EWD’s). In many ways the UK represents the forefront in standards of endoscope reprocessing. The Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 01-06 offers guidance on the management and decontamination of flexible endoscopes. Section D – details tabulated recommendations of weekly tests, and states:
The use of a process challenge device, as listed in the weekly tests, is recommended to balance the overall testing of routine performance of both the cleaning procedures/washing machines and the consistent washing performance against the verification of the process. Process challenge devices are available to prove that the wash process is operating at the optimum performance as set up and reported by validation testing. Some devices can be used both for the cleaning efficacy test with the relevant test pieces and with a restricted device to impede the water flows under the tests.
The Pro-CD from Getinge is an auxiliary device for routine monitoring of automated wash processes for endoscopes in washer disinfectors. It provides a means of checking wash efficacy against soil and protein (particularly important in ensuring prion removal). A routine test kit is available for visual, semi-quantitative routine (weekly) monitoring of cleaning efficacy using a test soil strip. Additionally, a quantitative version is available, which is a certified protein removal test, that can be built into the quarterly and annual tests.
Using products which monitor the success or failure of the entire decontamination process, at relatively
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little cost, help reduce hospital-acquired infections, consequently resulting in effectively managing your decontamination productivity, while ensuring patient safety. This will manifest itself in fewer cancelled operations, just in time delivery of sterile instruments and contribute to optimisation of the patient’s experience. The Pro-CD represents another product at the forefront of innovation for Getinge UK. Following on from the Vac-a-Scope designed to provide endoscope transportation and storage in a protected and prolonged state using patented technology.
ED-FLOW
The Pro-CD complements the ED-Flow EWD – offering exceptionally fast asynchronous processing of scopes. The Getinge range of EWDs consists of three “error-proofing” machines – ED-FLOW, ED-FLOW SD and ED900 – each representing a breakthrough for a more all-embracing approach to infection control in endoscope reprocessing. The Getinge ED-FLOW EWD (endoscope washer disinfector) is saidto be the world’s first true pass-through EWD. Equipped with two asynchronous chambers, smarter and faster, the ED-FLOW allows the user to reprocess your entire brand and types of flexible endoscopes in an efficient flow through your reprocessing department. As well as being the only EWD to run such extensive programmes, complying with both national and international regulations in only 23 minutes. Moreover, the Getinge ED-FLOW SD EWD has all the features needed to prevent
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