Comparison of Cleaning and Disinfection Quality of Digestive Endoscopy Between Automatic Endoscopic Cleaning Machine and Traditional Cleaning and Disinfection Method
Objective To compare the effects of automatic endoscope cleaning machine and traditional cleaning and disinfection methods on the cleaning and disinfection quality of digestive endoscopes. Methods A total of 180 diges-tive endoscopes were selected from the endoscopy room of Guangzhou Development Zone Hospital from July 2022 to July 2024,and the endoscopes were used for 3 years. According to the use time of automatic endoscopic cleaning ma-chine,they were divided into control group and observation group. From July 2022 to June 2023,they were the control group (39 times of colonoscopy and 51 times of gastroscopy). From July 2023 to July 2024,they were the observation group (39 colonoscopies and 51 gastroscopy). The control group was treated with traditional manual cleaning and disin-fection. The observation group was treated with automatic endoscopic cleaning machine. The quality of cleaning and disinfection of digestive endoscopy,the total time of cleaning and disinfection,and the total incidence of adverse events in the monitoring of digestive endoscopy were compared between the two groups. Results There were no signifi-cants differences in the qualified rate of cleaning quality and the qualified rate of disinfection quality between the two groups (both P>0.05). Compared with the control group,the total time of cleaning and disinfection in the observation group was shorter,and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The total incidence of adverse events in the observation group was 4.44% (4/90),which was lower than 0 (0/90) in the control group,and the difference was statisti-cally significant (x2=4.091,P<0.05). Conclusion The cleaning and disinfection quality of automatic endoscopic clean-ing machine and traditional cleaning and disinfection methods in the cleaning and disinfection of digestive endoscopy is significant,but the total time of automatic endoscopic cleaning machine is shorter and the efficiency is higher,which is beneficial to reduce the incidence of adverse events related to digestive endoscopy.
Digestive endoscopyAutomatic endoscopic cleaning machineTraditional cleaning and disinfectionDisinfection quality