Abstract:To investigate the effect of different brushing speeds and materials on the cleaning quality of the same length of EG-450WR5 and EC-600WM light guide hose of Fuji colonoscopy, and explore the best brushing speed degree and cleaning brush material of the endoscopic light guide hose. Methods 160 endoscopes were selected from March 2017 to September 2017, 80 of them were EG-450WR5 and 80 of them were EC-600WM respectively. They were randomly divided into four groups (A, B, C, D). Each group consisted of 20 gastroscopes and 20 enteroscopes. Four groups (A, B, C and D) were cleaned with different material brushes at speeds of 0.57, 0.34, 0.21 and 0.17 m/s. The time-consuming time was 3, 5, 8 and 10 s, respectively. After 100 person-times cleaning, the colony number of the attracting pipes was monitored, and the optimal cleaning speed was obtained. The speed of the suction pipes in the eight self-purchased light guide hoses were 0.57, 0.34, 0.21 and 0.17 m/s, respectively. The suction pipes were cleaned 100 times with different materials (plastic sponge brush head cleaning brush; steel wire plastic brush head cleaning brush), and then the suction pipes were observed with magnifying endoscopy after the operation scissors were thrown lengthways to check the damage degree of the pipes. Results The bacterial colonies in group C were significantly better than those in the other three groups when the speed of plastic brush head made of steel wire was 0.21 m/s to clean the suction tube in the light guide tube of gastroscope and colonoscopy (P < 0.05). The suction pipes in 8 self-purchased conduit hoses were washed 100 times at 4 speeds with two kinds of material brushes. The damage degree of the inner wall of group C was obviously better than that of the other three groups as shown in the figure. Conclusion The cleaning speed of steel wire plastic brush head is 0.21 m/s (cleaning time is 8 s), and the cleaning quality of the suction tube in gastroscope and colonoscope light guide tube is the best.