Following reprocessing, endoscopes need to be used within four hours unless stored under the right conditions. The LTE Scope-Store is a special secure storage cabinet which has been specifically designed to facilitate endoscope storage for up to 14 days without the need for reprocessing before use.
Up to 10 endoscopes can be stored and are dried both inside and out using HEPA filtered air. Operator access to the cabinet is only possible via PIN-code, bar-code or RFID. Monitor timers for each loaded scope allows easy visibility of elapsed storage period and scope status is easily seen and checked via the touchscreen. Full traceability of each endoscope’s storage conditions is available either in printed form or can be downloaded to a PC. This includes air flow, volume, door open times, user details and (optionally) max/min temperature and RH.
There are three loading capacities available – five and 10-scope vertical hanging units and an eight-scope shelfloaded model. Pass through and ENT models are also available. In addition, LTE also manufactures a range of Scope-Stores specifically for non-lumened ENT scopes, available in five, 10 and 20-scope capacities.
