Structural integrity monitoring of the endoscopes working channels: a visual inspection approach

The observation of an inadequate reprocessing procedure of contaminated instruments, prior to use on a new patient, is one of the major risks linked to health technology, especially for endoscopy instrumentation. It is necessary a cleaning verification routine added to reprocessing procedure. An optical inspection method can be the solution to assess the internal channels of flexible and semi-rigid endoscopes. The lack of this boroscope...