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When Does Your High-Level Disinfectant Expire?


high-level disinfectant TALE OF THE TAPE Help reprocessing techs remember when high-level disinfectant needs to be replaced.

ENDOSCOPE REPROCESSING
When Does Your High-Level Disinfectant Expire?

Note the type and expiration date of the high-level disinfectant used in your automated endoscope reprocessors on strips of masking tape and stick them on the front of the units. That way, reprocessing technicians will know with a quick glance when the solution needs to be replaced.

Frank Chapman, MBA
Frank Chapman, MBA Ohio Gastroenterology Group
Columbus, Ohio
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