Publications on Infection Prevention

Find a selection of relevant publications, studies and Olympus white papers on endoscope reprocessing and infection prevention here.

Microbiology: The Basics

Important facts about bacteria: the definition, the difference between commensal vs harmful and how to minimize infection risks in endoscopy.

Why Disinfection Remains the Standard for Reprocessing Semi-critical Flexible Endoscopes

Learn more about the differences between disinfection and sterilization, and why liquid chemical sterilization does not sterilize your flexible endoscopes.

Evolution in disinfection and sterilization

Is now the right time to reassess the standards used to measure medical device processing?

Hung Out to Dry: The Importance of Endoscope Channel Drying Prior to Storage

Olympus White Paper: The maintenance of dry storage conditions can help to prevent bacterial growth and preserve the cleanliness of the reprocessed endoscope.

Delays in Endoscope Reprocessing … and the Biofilms Within

Olympus White Paper: Important facts why reprocessing of endoscopes as soon as possible after the use of procedures is essential.

Tips, Tricks and Insights for Implementation and Management of an Endoscope Sampling and Culturing Program

Olympus White Paper: Pros and cons to implementing an endoscope sampling and culturing program.

Increase in infections involving gram-negative multidrug-resistant bacteria

Gram-negative multidrug-resistant bacteria: German and international definitions, particularly threatening pathogens

Clostridioides difficile: Relevance, ribotypes, and endoscope reprocessing

Clostridioides difficile: Relevance in hospitals, Ribotypes and sporicidal reprocessing of endoscopes

Dutch study on contamination risks from duodenoscopes and linear ultrasound endoscopes, PROCESS 2

Contamination risks of duodenoscopes and linear echoendoscopes systemically studied.

Mobile colistin resistance (MCR-1) transmitted via a duodenoscope

A study demonstrated for the first time the transmission of a colistin-resistant pathogen via a duodenoscope.

Nationwide systematic survey of duodenoscopes, PROCESS 1

Prevalence rate of contaminated duodenoscopes investigated systematically in a study in the Netherlands.

No evidence of SARS-CoV-2 on endoscopes

Pilot study investigates how effectively SARS-CoV-2 is removed during reprocessing of endoscopes.

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