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Category: High-Level Disinfection

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Review of an Evaluation of the STERIS Reliance EPS Reprocessor

December 18, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

BACKGROUND: This blog by Lawrence F Muscarella, PhD, discusses his comprehensive review of a published evaluation of the STERIS Reliance Endoscope Processing System (“EPS”; Steris Corp., Mentor, OH), which is…

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How to Reprocess the MAJ-855 Water Tube and the GI Endoscope’s Auxiliary Water Channel

December 14, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

August 13, 2013 — As much as any other lesson, the reprocessing breaches identified at the three Veterans Administration Medical Centers (VAMCs) in Murfreesboro (TN), Augusta (FL), and Miami (FL)…

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