Efficacy Of Computer-based Endoscope Cleaning And Disinfection Using A Hospital Management Information System

Authors: Caixia Wang, Yuanyuan Chen, Feng Yang, Jie Ren, Xin Yu, Jiani Wang, Siyu Sun

Background

The present study aimed to assess the efficacy of computer-based endoscope cleaning and disinfection using a hospital management information system (HMIS).

Methods

A total of 2,674 gastroscopes were eligible for inclusion in this study. For the processes of disinfection management, the gastroscopes were randomly divided into 2 groups: gastroscope disinfection HMIS (GD-HMIS) group and manual group. In the GD-HMIS group, an integrated circuit card (IC card) chip was installed to monitor and record endoscope cleaning and disinfection automatically and in real time, whereas the endoscope cleaning and disinfection in the manual group was recorded manually. The overall disinfection progresses for both groups were recorded, and the total operational time was calculated.

Results

For the GD-HMIS group, endoscope disinfection HMIS software was successfully developed. The time to complete a single session of cleaning and disinfecting on a gastroscope was 15.6 minutes (range, 14.3-17.2 minutes) for the GD-HMIS group and 21.3 minutes (range, 20.2-23.9 minutes) for the manual group. Failure to record information, such as the identification number of the endoscope, occasionally occurred in the manual group, which affected the accuracy and reliability of manual recording.

Key Words

Hospital management information system; gastroscope cleaning and disinfection

Citation: Caixia Wang, Yuanyuan Chen, Feng Yang, Jie Ren, Xin Yu, Jiani Wang, Siyu Sun Efficacy Of Computer-based Endoscope Cleaning And Disinfection Using A Hospital Management Information System         doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.065

Available online: 29 July 2016

Copyright: © 2016 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Conclusions

Computer-based gastroscope cleaning and disinfection using a hospital management information system could monitor the process of gastroscope cleaning and disinfection in real time and improve the accuracy and reliability, thereby ensuring the quality of gastroscope cleaning and disinfection.

Acknowledgments

We thank all of the doctors, nurses, and programmers who participated in this study.