Whether you’re baking a cake, building a house or operating on a surgical patient, your tools can make all the difference in the world.

But for one of these three examples the project outcome immediately can be life-sustaining or life-threatening.

That’s why clinicians, doctors and surgeons require flexible and rigid endoscopes and related devices and accessories that have been reprocessed and repaired to the point of being reliable and comfortably familiar.

It’s a simple notion with complex circumstances that can reverberate through life and must not be taken lightly.

Healthcare Purchasing News certainly
takes it seriously.

For the seventh consecutive year, HPN publishes its annual Endoscope Care Guide, a November edition mainstay, to educate readers on costly, high-tech tool maintenance. We created it as a reader service to provide hard-working clinicians and administrators with useful information on cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing and repairing all types of flexible and rigid endoscopes thoroughly, efficiently and cost-effectively.

HPN ’s exclusive guide also highlights the obvious and overlooked dangers from improper cleaning, repair and storage, and identifies best practices for device longevity and reliability. Proper tool care can produce high-quality patient care.

We recruited experts and professionals from some of the leading companies that manufacture endoscopic products and offer endoscopic care services to share their expertise on making sure these costly surgical tools are ready for action all year long.