Increased Endoscope Decontamination Capacity Achieved at Fairfield Independent Hospital, St Helens

Plus improve equipment reliability and future proof the decontamination facility.  This led to the installation of two pass through automated endoscope reprocessors (AER’s) along with a duplex thermally sanitised water treatment system that supplies RO water to all stages of the cleaning process.  

With the board’s approval Andy Jones went to market and researched suitable decontamination equipment, talking and visiting a selection of sites.  After much research he decided on two Wassenburg WD440PT AER’s.  This not only doubled their decontamination capacity, but with their twin chamber design, if one chamber was out of action for routine service the remaining three chambers could still function resulting in less downtime.   

To comply with the CfPP01-06 guidelines Wassenburg recommended that they install an EWS EndoTherm Duo reverse osmosis system.  This included a duplex facility to offer the resilience that Andy was looking for. Its flow rate of >300 litres/hr covered the demand from both AER’s and with the EndoTherm Duo running duty assist rather than duty standby, it easily covered up to 600 litres /hr for short periods if necessary.  For future proofing the EndoTherm Duo is easy and cost effective to upgrade.