Grace H. Elta, MD
San Diego—The potential for infection with reusable duodenoscopes has created an industry for disposable scopes, but some still question whether this is the best approach to the problem. Two expert endoscopists tackled this issue in a debate format at the 2022 Digestive Disease Week.
Tasked with arguing for keeping scopes and doing a better job at reprocessing them was Grace H. Elta, MD, a professor emerita of internal medicine at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.