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Objective To explore the feasibility of applying ATP bioluminescence technology to disinfection quality monitoring of the flexible endoscope.Methods Totally 30 flexible endoscopes used repeatedly from October 2014 to March 2015 were randomly selected,and had the disinfection quality monitored by ATP bioluminescence technology and bacterial culture method respectively.Parallel comparison was carried out to evaluate the feasibility of applying ATP bioluminescence technology to disinfection quality monitoring of the flexible endoscope.Results ATP bioluminescence technology showed that the qualification rate of the disinfection was 93.3％,and bacterial culture method found it was 96.7％.The two methods proved the outer surface of the endoscope had the disinfection acceptable while the biopsy hole and intracavity not.There was no significant correlation between the two methods while high consistency between the detection results by the two methods.Conclusion ATP bioluminescence technology can be used for preliminary screening in field,instant and daily monitoring of the medical flexible endoscope,which assists bacterial culture method in disinfection quality monitoring of the flexible endoscope.
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Objective To explore the application of adenosine triphosphate (ATP )bioluminescence assay in evaluating cleaning quality of medical devices.Methods Manual and machine cleaned medical devices were randomly selected from central sterile supply department of a hospital in 2011 -2013,cleaning quality was detected with ATP biolumi-nescence assay,relative light unit (RLU)value was determined to assess the cleaning quality.Results A total of 460 pieces of cleaned devices were detected in 2011 -2013,404 (87.83%)were qualified.The qualified rates of manual cleaning and machine cleaning were 70.73% and 94.07% respectively,the qualified rates of general surgical devices and lumen devices were 90.71 % and 81 .76% respectively,there were significant differences in qualified rates of different cleaning methods and different categories of medical devices (both P <0.01 ).The qualified rates of manual cleaning in 2011 - 2013 were 32.35%,79.63%,and 94.29% respectively,machine cleaning were 79.45%,98.15%,and 98.08% respectively;differences in qualified rates of manual cleaning and machine cleaning in different years were significant (all P <0.01 ).Conclusion ATP bioluminescence assay can be used for evalua-ting cleaning quality of medical devices.