中国经食道超声心动图探头清洗消毒指南

经食道超声心动图(TEE)检查在临床应用广泛,对于常规门诊、住院以及围术期患者的监测,可以提供经胸超声心动图不可替代的丰富信息。TEE检查不仅需要遵循规范的操作指南,而且规范化的清洁和消毒也至关重要,从而保障患者检查的安全性。由于缺少符合我国特色的TEE探头清洁和消毒的专家共识意见,导致个别诊疗单位的TEE探头存在清洁不彻底,消毒不规范等问题,存在安全隐患。因此,由TEE临床应用的中国专家共识专家组参考国内外相关法规、指南以及专家共识,共同制订相关指南。

Recommendations of Transesophageal Ultrasound Probe Cleaning and Disinfection

Transesophageal echocardiography is widely applied in clinical practice,as routine examinations of outpatients,inpatients and as perioperative monitoring,which could provide comprehensive and important clinical information.The application of transesophageal echocardiography should follow the practice guidelines,nevertheless proper cleaning and disinfection is crucial to assure the safety of the examinations.Due to the lack of consensus about probe cleaning and disinfection,clean and disinfection of transesophageal probes is not standardized in some clinical units.These recommendations were developed by Chinese Consensus Expert Group on the Clinical Application of Transesophageal Echocardiography based on professional intra-and inter-national regulations,guidelines and recommendations.