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What Endoscopy Staff Should Know About Endoscope-Associated Infection Prevention
Endoscopy teams should recognize the importance of the protocols involved in reprocessing endoscopes and related ...
JANUARY 29, 2025
Endoscopy Room Incidents Shine Spotlight on Safety, Once Again
Three incidents during scope procedures at three separate U.S. hospitals potentially have exposed some patients to ...
JANUARY 10, 2025
Single-Use Duodenoscopes for ERCP
In recent years, outbreaks of infections with duodenoscope-associated multidrug-resistant organisms have increased ...
OCTOBER 12, 2024
Priority Report: Reprocessing, Infection Control & Operations in the Endoscopy Suite
The Digital Edition of the Summer 2024 issue.
AUGUST 6, 2024
Scope Companies Work to Reduce Endcap Dislodgment
Removable endcaps have significantly reduced the risk for infection, but user error in securing the parts can ...
AUGUST 1, 2024
Using the Soft, Mega, Distal Transparent Cap to Remove Food Bolus
There are myriad instruments to remove impacted food boluses, including nets, snares, forceps, tripod prongs, ...
JULY 5, 2024
Don’t Get Thrown for a Loop: Tips for Difficult Colonoscopies
Jonathan Leighton, MD, gives tips on performing the best procedure when faced with narrowing, looping and other ...
JUNE 24, 2024
New EUS Scope Attachment Gains FDA 510(k) Clearance
The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to a new endoscopic ultrasound attachment device for upper GI endoscopes.
JANUARY 17, 2024
Disjointed Protocols Leave Scopes Vulnerable to Contamination
A lack of reprocessing protocols tailored to individual endoscope models is leaving equipment open to ...
DECEMBER 30, 2023
Common Methods Don’t Fully Dry Endoscopes During Reprocessing
Nearly half of the channels of reprocessed endoscopes retained water after use of common drying methods, a new ...
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Do We Really Need All These Disposable Parts?
The single-use versus disposable debate continues in endoscopy, and it applies to the many procedure-associated ...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
FDA Clears 4K Endoscopy System
The FDA has given 510(k) clearance to a new endoscopy system that will offer providers the benefits of 4K ...
AUGUST 17, 2023
