Internal Reference Number: FOI_8411
Date Request Received: 29/01/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 06/02/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: flexible endoscopes
Request Category: Companies
Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information: In the last quarter, what percentage of the following flexible endoscopes: - Gastroscopes - Colonoscopes - Duodenoscopes were returned to the manual cleaning process because they were not used within 3 hours after removal from the endoscope washer disinfector (EWD) or automatic endoscope reprocessor, as per BSG and ESGE guidelines. | |
Answer To Question 1: CSFS: Unable to answer as this is not recorded within our systems. Surgery: Unable to answer as this information is not recorded. | |
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