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Endoscopy at scale: The reprocessing best practices separating high-performing teams

Endoscopies are among the most common procedures in the U.S. with millions performed each year. For providers to safely and ...
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Reducing human error in endoscope reprocessing: The crucial role of innovation as GI procedures shift to ASCs

Advances in minimally invasive surgery have enabled patients to visit outpatient gastrointestinal facilities for procedures rather than hospital operating rooms. Infection prevention is a top priority ...
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Scope contamination occurs despite reprocessing guideline compliance

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Persistent bacterial growth, sometimes of high-concern pathogens, can occur on duodenoscopes and linear ...
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Checking in after an outbreak: Q&A with Dr. Andrew Ross on how Virginia Mason overhauled its medical scope reprocessing practices

Duodenoscopes are intricate, snakelike instruments used in more than 500,000 procedures each year in the U.S. The trouble is, they’re made up of many tiny, moving parts and are difficult to properly ...
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FDA's scope reprocessing guidelines most cost-effective for infection prevention

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Almario, Spiegel and colleagues used decision analysis software to compare the cost-effectiveness of the ...
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Residue from foam-reducing compound remains in scopes even after reprocessing

New research suggests reprocessing scopes used in gastrointestinal procedures may not completely disinfect the devices. In analyzing 20 fully reprocessed gastroscopes and colonoscopes, authors of a ...