Jul 13, 2026

Damage Unseen, Infections You Can’t Ignore: Endoscopes and Infection Risks

Ask most reprocessing teams what stands between a patient and an endoscope-related infection, and they’ll point to their protocol: manual cleaning, high-level disinfection, drying, storage. Each step checked, logged, and signed off. In most facilities, that protocol is followed correctly, every time. So why do endoscopes keep testing positive for pathogens anyway?  A growing body of research points to an answer…
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