FUJIFILM Healthcare Europe has announced that its latest 800-series duodenoscopes are now compatible with a newly CE-mark–approved sterilization cycle — a development that targets one of endoscopy’s most persistent risk areas: duodenoscope reprocessing.
Through a collaboration with Advanced Sterilization Products, Fujifilm’s ED-840T and ED-840XT scopes can now be reprocessed using the ULTRA GI Cycle on the STERRAD platform, offering an alternative to ethylene oxide gas sterilization. The emphasis is on validated workflows, faster turnaround, and tighter infection-prevention standards — without requiring entirely new scope inventories.
For GI units, this isn’t just a technical compatibility update. It reflects how device design, reprocessing innovation, and regulatory scrutiny are converging to redefine what “safe endoscopy” looks like in practice.
What this could mean for workflow efficiency, capital planning, and patient safety benchmarks — especially as scrutiny around duodenoscope-associated infections continues — is where the real implications lie.