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The following maintenance plan is suggested for the system and probes to ensure optimum operation and safety.
Daily: inspect the probes
After each use: clean the probes disinfect the probes.
As necessary: inspect the probes, clean the probes, and disinfect the probes.
Returning/Shipping Probes and Repair Parts
Transportation dept. and our policy require that equipment returned for service MUST be clean and free of
blood and other infectious substances.
When you return a probe or part for service, you need to clean and disinfect the probe or part prior to packing
and shipping the equipment.
Ensure that you follow probe cleaning and disinfection instructions provided in this Manual.
This ensures that employees in the transportation industry as well as the people who receive the package are
protected from any risk.
AIUM outlines cleaning the endocavitary transducer:
Guidelines for Cleaning and Preparing Endocavitary Ultrasound Transducers Between Patients From AIUM
Approved June 4, 2003
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance regarding the cleaning and disinfection of
transvaginal and transrectal ultrasound probes.
All sterilization/disinfection represents a statistical reduction in the number of microbes present on a surface.
Meticulous cleaning of the instrument is the essential key to an initial reduction of the microbial/organic load by at
least 99%. This cleaning is followed by a disinfecting procedure to ensure a high degree of protection from
infectious disease transmission, even if a disposable barrier covers the instrument during use.
Medical instruments fall into different categories with respect to potential for infection transmission. The most
critical level of instruments are those that are intended to penetrate skin or mucous membranes. These require
sterilization. Less critical instruments (often called "semi-critical" instruments) that simply come into contact with
mucous membranes such as fiber optic endoscopes require high-level disinfection rather than sterilization.
Although endocavitary ultrasound probes might be considered even less critical instruments because they are
routinely protected by single use disposable probe covers, leakage rates of 0.9% - 2% for condoms and 8%-81% for
commercial probe covers have been observed in recent studies. For maximum safety, one should therefore perform
high-level disinfection of the probe between each use and use a probe cover or condom as an aid in keeping the