News on Infection Prevention

What’s new in infection control – and specifically in endoscope reprocessing? Find our selection of latest information and updates here.

Reprocessing nurse in front of a washer-disinfector.

Type Testing Washer-Disinfectors (EWDs), Part 1

Read more about the scope and conduct of tests by the EWD manufacturer according to the revised EN ISO 15883 series of standards.

Type Testing Part 1
Close up of the inside of an endoscope washer-disinfector.

Type Testing Washer-Disinfectors (EWDs), Part 2

Now available for download: Challenges faced by the manufacturers of EWDs and endoscopes when establishing endoscope type test groups in accordance with EN ISO 15883-4:2018, Annex H.

Type Testing Part 2
The inside of a washer-disinfector.

Type Testing Washer-Disinfectors (EWDs), Part 3

Delve into more details about the scope and conduct of testing for process chemicals not included by the EWD manufacturer in the type test.

Type Testing Part 3
Tablet with "Recommendation" lettering.

Instrument Processing: Value-Retaining Processing of Flexible Endoscopes

The AKI has summarized its recommendations for the processing of flexible endoscope.

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