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Flexibility in endoscopy integration
When an NHS hospital urgently needed a new endoscopic decontamination facility to help regain its JAG accreditation, there were a number of obstacles to overcome. Thankfully, the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch – part of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - is now well on the way to achieving its goal. The Clinical Services Journal met endoscopy unit manager, Marek Waliszewski, to find out more.
The Alexandra Hospital was in a dilemma. With little capital funding available, an innovative solution was required to develop a new endoscopy reprocessing facility that would meet the requirements for JAG compliance, and ensure associated revenues from endoscopy procedures remained. It was at this point the hospital approached Getinge to take on the project as a turnkey solution. The Getinge Managed Service (GMS), part of the Getinge Flexible Commercial Solutions (GFCS) offering, enabled the hospital to take advantage of total project management and transform a vacant clinical space into a new JAG compliant endoscopy reprocessing facility. Marek Waliszewski, endoscopy unit manager at the Alexandra Hospital, explained the drivers behind the project: “We had endoscopic washers that were desperately in need of replacement. The staff had worked hard to keep them in working order but regular repairs and the associated down-time were impacting on our endoscopy capacity on the Alexandra site. “As a result we approached various companies to decide which way we wanted to go with new washers. We began exploring the option of the Getinge Managed Service because the Trust had limited capital funds available. The best thing about the GMS was that it was paid a year in
arrears and was pre-set for seven years. “In terms of activity, there was a lot of pre-work involved that we were looking to project manage and put through, and another benefit was that in the first two years there was an option to make changes to the GMS to future-proof the Trust in
Getinge has developed a suite of bespoke solutions in response to the lack of capital monies that many NHS Trusts have, meaning their demand for new equipment and infrastructure replacement far out strips
the money available. Tim Bryant, Getinge UK & Ireland
NOVEMBER 2019
terms of the activities we were doing.” After several meetings between Getinge and the hospital, work commenced in April 2017, with the installation of a range of products, including three ED-FLOW Endoscope Washer Disinfectors (EWDs). The EWDs have two separate chambers and short cycles, offering the capacity to reprocess up to two endoscopes at the same time in a 23 minute cycle, and a quick loading and unloading process. Infection control is about seeing the whole picture and, as far as possible, ensuring the risk of human errors are eliminated. Getinge’s solution; a hands-free operation. This procedure has several benefits. Firstly, it is easy and time saving for the operator, as there is no data to be entered, and all that is required is to load the endoscope and press the pedal. Secondly, it reduces the risk of human errors. Only the correct cycle for
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