Do the reprocessing technicians who clean the scopes in your endoscopy center ever complain about back pain, sore wrists or aching shoulders? Priority Report spoke with Jim Davis, MSN, RN, and Amanda Sivek, PhD—experts with the independent nonprofit health care safety and quality organization ECRI— about some ways to optimize ergonomics in reprocessing spaces.
Why is ergonomics such an important issue for endoscope reprocessing?
Davis: We do a large number of consultations in