Manual reprocessing of endovaginal and transrectal ultrasonography probes: evaluation of a wipe procedure in comparison with an immersion procedure
Manual wipe-based reprocessing can achieve reproducible and validatable disinfection of transvaginal and transrectal ultrasound probes for the complete probe surface, including difficult-to-access niches, is effectively cleaned and training and validation requirements are met. The method may serve as a practical alternative in settings where automated or immersion-based reprocessing is not feasible.
Authors
- Britt Hornei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4638-5722)
- Marvin D. Rausch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1562-4337)
- S. Engelhart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8971-5892)
- Nico T. Mutters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0156-9595)
- Carola Ilschner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4083-7405)
- Maren Eggers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8485-9485)
- Kira Roesch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3494-9191)
- Jürgen Gebel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9328-3174)
Institutions
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oberhausen (DE)
- Schlaich Bergermann und Partner (Germany) (DE)
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Hospital Infection
- Published
- 2025-11-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2025.11.023
- Primary Topic
- Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00