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Rationale

Reusable medical devices are an integral part of healthcare To ensure patient safety it is vital the device is reprocessed efficaciously every time To allow the professionals tasked to meet the required reprocessing standard at each step, the professionals need to have the knowledge about the device, to formulate a plan to manually clean, high level disinfect, sterilize and store the device to agreed reprocessing standard every time. Many reusable devices have internal channels or features that are not visible. This increases the risk that the reprocessing of the device will be compromised increasing the risk to patients and staff