Ensuring safety for endoscopy patients

Reprocify develops and provides optimized detergents for manual and automated cleaning of flexible endoscopes, based on deep user insights and proven expertise.

“Cleaning is the first and most essential step before any process of disinfection or sterilization can be carried out”, says WHO.

Optimizing endoscope detergents makes a major difference for cleaning, reprocessing, and hence patient safety.

Compliant with EU MDR, aligned with ISO 13485.

Why endoscope detergents must be optimized

Numerous studies document supposedly patient-ready endoscopes being contaminated. When reprocessing fails, consequences can be severe – for patients, healthcare systems, and societies worldwide. Associated yearly global costs are estimated to 7-10B EUR.

$

180 million

Endoscopies performed globally every year

$

60.000

Deaths annually linked to contaminated endoscopes

$

1 million

Infections annually linked to contaminated endoscopes

The technical motivation behind

Between one patient and the next, a reusable flexible endoscope must be cleaned and disinfected, i.e. reprocessed, properly to avoid the risk of infectious bacteria and vira being transferred from one patient to the next via the endoscope and thereby potentially causing a Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI).

Endoscope use and reprocessing
“Cleaning is the first and most essential step before any process of disinfection or sterilization can be carried out” – WHO.

This is also emphasized by FDA, CDC, ECDC, Statens Serum Institut, etc.

Blood, biofilms, and other complex soils that attach to endoscopes during procedures are both sticky and tough – therefore it is vital to apply highly efficient cleaning detergents. Nevertheless, detergent for cleaning of flexible endoscopes is a category which urgently deserves more attention.

Key features of Reprocify endoscope cleaning detergents

Designed for safe, efficient, and sustainable endoscope cleaning

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Aim at being best - relentless pursuit of better

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Fit readily with existing endoscope workflows

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Carefully designed combinations of enzymes and other ingredients

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Pioneering sustainable Healthcare

Sustainability

3   Good health and well-being

Reprocify aims to ensure safety for endoscopy patients by preventing endoscope-related infections and related suffering and deaths. This enables savings in hospital days and other resources.

Reprocify enables optimized medical outcomes based on the rationale that a clean reusable endoscope provides better clinical function.

12   Responsible consumption and production

Reprocify optimizes detergent performance while keeping a sharp focus on usability.

Reprocify enables prolonged lifetimes of flexible endoscopes based on the rationale that a clean reusable endoscope maintains function for longer.

The values in Reprocify

Kindness and consideration

Integrity and
humility

Curiosity and learning

Resonance and relevance

Ambition and
drive

Transformability in Reprocify

To continuously grow and improve collaborative skills and the fulfillment of purpose, Reprocify works with Inner Development Goals (IDGs).

1. Being

Cultivating Our
Inner Life

2. Thinking

Understanding Our
Complex World

3. Relating

Caring for Others
and the World

4. Collaborating

Building Trust and
Working Together

5. Acting

Leading and
Enabling Change

Reprocify is a member of Danish Life Science Cluster

The story behind

In 2023, when entering a new professional chapter, the founder Nickolass found inspiration in the Ikigai model.

Drawing on more than a decade´s experience in understanding and innovating detergents, he chose to apply his expertise where it could create real impact. This approach aligns closely with Nickolass’ passion for meaningful, purpose-driven innovation.

CVR: 45790207

Nickolass Bitsch Schack
Founder, PhD