Endoscopies are among the most common procedures in the U.S. with millions performed each year. For providers to safely and ...

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 ...

The Minnesota Department of Health has issued a memo to healthcare facilities regarding proper reprocessing of endoscopes. According to the memo, several healthcare facilities have contacted the ...

Existing endoscope reprocessing techniques are not consistently effective, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. The study shows all 20 endoscopes had visual ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – February 10, 2010 – The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has recognized 32 endoscopy units as part of its program specifically dedicated to promoting quality in ...

Because proper endoscope reprocessing is critical to patient safety, ENDORA, which stands for Endoscope Reprocessing Assurance, was designed to alert the operator and send an email notification to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Since 2015, much of our field has been focused on the need to attend to adequate endoscope reprocessing to ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Feb. 22, 2011 – The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has recognized 35 endoscopy units as part of its program specifically dedicated to promoting quality in ...

Despite a multistep cleaning and disinfecting process, potentially harmful bacteria survive on colonoscopes and gastroscopes used to examine the gastrointestinal tract, according to a new study ...

Companies combining their key strengths to provide enhanced integrated workflow software solution designed to provide superior infection prevention and practice optimization LITTLE FALLS, N.J., Dec. 7 ...