EndoDecon

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  EndoDecon: Cold gas plasma decontamination of flexible endoscopes.

• IRAS ID

  151850

• Contact name

  Charles W. Keevil

• Contact email

  C.W.Keevil@soton.ac.uk

• Research summary

  Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) leads to the progressive destruction of parts of the brain. This disease is transmitted by infectious proteins which can remain on reusable surgical instruments, even after cleaning and sterilisation. This research will use human tissues recovered from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients to develop new detection, diagnosis and decontamination technologies. The Endodecon project aims particularly at the decontamination of flexible luminal endoscopes, which are particularly difficult to clean.

• REC name

  London - Queen Square Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/LO/1729

• Date of REC Opinion

  15 Sep 2014

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion