Getinge’s Vac-a-Scope System enables safe storage and transport of flexible endoscopes
Today, Getinge launches Vac-a-Scope; a patented benchtop packaging system that prepares and stores endoscopes, preserving instrument integrity from reprocessing through to the procedure room. As the use of endoscopes increases across hospitals worldwide, scope reprocessing plays a more and more important role in the fight against health care acquired infections (HCAI). “HCAI can be costly and the Vac-a-Scope System, already successfully used in the UK for years, allows for storage of ready to use endoscopes in a convenient location without taking up space in a drying and