AAMI ST91 : 2015

Glossary of equivalent standards
Committee representation
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions and abbreviations
3 Design of endoscope processing area
4 Personnel
5 Cleaning and high-level disinfection
6 Automated endoscope reprocessors
7 Sterile endoscope sheaths used as protective
   microbial barriers
8 Terminal sterilization by gaseous chemical
   sterilization processes
9 Processing of endoscope accessories
10 Storage of reprocessed endoscopes
11 Transport of high-level disinfected endoscopes
12 Quality Control
Annex A (informative) - Bibliography

Gives guidelines for precleaning, leak-testing, cleaning, packaging (where indicated), storage, highlevel disinfecting, and/or sterilizing of flexible gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes; flexible bronchoscopes;flexible ear, nose, and throat endoscopes; surgical flexible endoscopes (e.g., flexible ureteroscopes); and semi-rigid operative endoscopes (e.g., choledochoscopes)in health care facilities.