Endoscope Anatomy

With standards requiring visual inspection of all flexible endoscopes during processing, it’s important to recognize that every type of endoscope is a little bit different. In this video, Abby Smart, MPH will go over basic components of various models of endoscopes, including bronchoscopes, urology scopes, GI scopes, and specialty scopes.
This video is an excerpt from two Ofstead & Associates’ free, 1-hour, CE-eligible webinars:
- “Visual inspection of endoscopes with lighted magnification” available here:
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- “Visual inspection of endoscopes with borescopes” available here:
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o Common defects found with borescopes • Common defects found w...
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Peer-reviewed literature:
o Ofstead et al. The utility of lighted magnification and borescopes for visual inspection of flexible endoscopes. AJIC. 2022.
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o Ofstead, Hopkins. Sterilization Central: The value of borescopes in detecting damage, soil, fluid, and foreign objects in flexible endoscopes. Biomed Instrum Technol. 2020;54(2):146-152.
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[@queenofspiders]

I’m going for an interview to become a QC tech for endoscopes and this really helped me learn more about them. Thank you!

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Best wishes.

[@user-jk6sh3el3y]

Thanks so much
Informative video
I'm cssd & Endo technologist

[@protector7886]

For the BF-1TH190 Bronch scope @6:30. Is that a Stiffness/Tensioner dial or a Rotation Ring?

[@tonybologna9071]

I see gastroscope and duodenoscope but don’t the EGD scope cover all that?

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