Viewing the impressive new endoscope reprocessing department at St Helens Hospital and learning how the technical group and its suppliers worked together to deliver a resilient, future-proof facility exceeding current design standards, it’s no surprise to learn that the trust is rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission. Central to its success is a new Read More
When the reverse osmosis plant (RO) supplying the endoscope reprocessing unit at Good Hope Hospital, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), began to produce poor total viable count (TVC) results and with the existing plant becoming difficult to repair, UHB faced the dilemma of requiring a permanent replacement unit, while needing to Read More
Called in at the “eleventh hour,” Envirogen Group’s EndoTherm Modular RO system enabled The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s new centralized endoscope reprocessing facility to open on schedule and is providing trouble-free operation. While sterile processing services had been centralized from 2007, endoscope reprocessing was carried out at each of the Trust’s three hospitals: Pinderfields Read More
An ageing sterile services department at a large NHS Hospital in South-East England, was starting to cause issues, requiring increased interventions and repairs. Regular equipment breakdowns and slow instrument reprocessing rates were starting to negatively impact theatre operations and increase running costs. A multi-stakeholder project was undertaken to develop a solution to deliver a new Read More