A state-of-the-art centralised decontamination centre at Pinderfields Hospital is providing safe and efficient endoscope reprocessing for the Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, using an end-to-end solution from Wassenburg Medical. The Clinical Services Journal provides an insight into the phased project and looks at how the central hub has evolved.
The Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust comprises Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, the Pontefract General Hospital and Dewsbury District Hospital. All three hospitals use Wassenburg endoscope reprocessing technologies to keep their patients safe and to minimise the risk of infection transmission.
However, in 2019, a project specification was issued by NHS Supply Chain to install new decontamination equipment. Pinderfields had experienced a failure of its water treatment plant, which supplied the endoscope reprocessing department. The heating element for the hot water had disintegrated, sending particulates throughout the RO pipe work, so reprocessing of scopes at the hospital was brought to a sudden halt
“The Trust, which takes safety extremely seriously, took the difficult decision to shut down production,” explained James Doherty, regional sales manager for Wassenburg
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