The Principles of Medical Device Decontamination

Training and Education

The Joint Accredited Group on GI Endoscopy (JAG) have developed the Endoscopy Training System (JETS) 3 workforce programme that aims to update the workforce on service developments in endoscopy to ensure a structured approach to training, assessments, and appraisals. It supports endoscopists in the UK to deliver high quality and standardised training. JETS workforce’s online e-portfolio holds endoscopy specific competency frameworks, DOPS, witness statements and reflective CPD statements that combine to create a platform that the endoscopy workforce will be able to use to submit their evidence of their practice. JETS workforce is comprised of three levels: Level one which consists of two sections (foundation and decontamination), has been reviewed, refined and finalised, with agreed competencies and supporting documents and is available to all JAG registered services in the UK and Republic of Ireland. A training course has been developed to support endoscopy workforce completing level one, named ENDO1. The course is made up of two parts, the first part being a half day face-to-face training course which will cover four modules and the second part being online learning, developed in conjunction with e-Learning for Health, which will cover five modules. For full details visit JETS Workforce 3 The users of flexible endoscopes will be clinically trained, however they are required to undertake pre-use checks of a decontaminated endoscope and are also required to perform, what is known as, the “bedside clean” to flush channels and externally wipe the scope with a sponge to remove gross soiling prior to returning the scope to the Decontamination unit. These procedures should be described in a local standard operating procedure (SOP) and be used to provide standardised training for all users.

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