APRIL 8, 2022

FDA Updates Recommendation Supporting Transition to Fully or Partly Disposable Scopes

The FDA released an updated Safety Communication, reiterating its recommendation that hospitals and endoscopy facilities transition to using only duodenoscopes that are fully or semi-disposable.

Updating an April 2020 Safety Communication, the FDA reported that “emerging data [suggest] that the best solution to reducing the risk of disease transmission by duodenoscopes is through innovative device designs that make reprocessing easier, more effective, or unnecessary. Duodenoscopes