Gives guidelines for precleaning, leak-testing, cleaning, packaging (where indicated), storage, highlevel disinfecting, and/or sterilizing of flexible gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes; flexible bronchoscopes;flexible ear, nose, and throat endoscopes; surgical flexible endoscopes (e.g., flexible ureteroscopes); and semi-rigid operative endoscopes (e.g., choledochoscopes)in health care facilities.