Ideas That Work: Endoscope Care

Ideas That Work

By: OSD Staff

Published: 2/10/2014

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Scope Holster Keeps Scopes Safe and Secure


endoscopes SCOPE HOLSTER When not in use, store your endoscopes on the side of your anesthesia cart.

ENDOSCOPE CARE
Scope Holster Keeps Scopes Safe and Secure

To prevent fiberoptic endoscopes from bending or breaking before and after use, we mounted about 3 inches of PVC pipe on the side of our anesthesia cart. We keep the endoscope in its plastic sleeve and slide it through the PVC holder to keep it safe and secure.

Coco Tjen, MD
Midtown Medical Center
Columbus, Ga.
[email protected]

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