title: ATP measurement as method to monitor the quality of reprocessing flexible endoscopes.
abstract: Insufficient performance of cleaning and disinfection of flexible endoscopes can pose an infection risk to patients. Actually quality of reprocessing is checked by performing microbiological cultures. Unfortunately, their results are not available on the same day so that more rapid methods are desirable. We compared the ATP (adenosine triphosphate) bioluminescence for hygiene checking of the reprocessing procedures of 108 flexible endoscopes with routine microbiological culture technics. Sensitivity and specifity of ATP bioluminescence was calculated. 28 endoscopes showed bacterial growth of at least one sample. Depending on the applied threshold of bioluminescence between 67 and 28 endoscopes were positive. Sensitivity varied between 0.46 and 0.75 and specifity between 0.43 and 0.81. ATP bioluminescence does not replace routine microbiologic methods but it can indicate the need of immediate check of reprocessing.
authors.affiliation: Krankenhaushygiene, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Germany. dorothea.hansen@uni-essen.de
authors.forename: Dorothea
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authors.lastname: Leisebein
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brauksiepe
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Popp
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