How long should you dry an endoscope to achieve a dry, microbe-free device that is safe for prolonged storage before use on the next patient? The answer: possibly longer than you think.
A study comparing drying effectiveness and microbial levels between a standard storage cabinet and an automated drying and storage cabinet found that internal surfaces were still not dry after 24 hours in the standard cabinet, whereas all surfaces were dry after three hours in the automated cabinet using forced