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A Journey to Safer Bronchoscopy: Making Sense of the New FDA Safety Alert
Review the current evidence-based clinical recommendations for infection control related to the use of bronchoscopes to prevent cross-contamination and infection risk.
Single-Use Endoscopy Solutions: Comparing Costs and Outcomes
Learn firsthand from expert health economists about how to compare reusable and single-use endoscopy within your facility.
Prevention Challenges
By standardizing processes and implementing an educational orientation program, UofL Heath reduced errors in sterile processing by 80 percent.
Preventing Infection
Infection preventionists investigated high-level disinfection processes after being notified of expired test strips being used and identified various breaches during reprocessing.
Public Health
An analysis of U.S. healthcare spending on respiratory care shows a dramatic increase in recent years, with asthma and COPD among the top contributing factors.
Public Health
A recent study found that the carbon footprint of a disposable cystoscope was “significantly lower” than the reusable alterative. An opposing letter to the editor, however, expresses two “serious methodical concerns” with the study.
Patient Safety
Conversations around the transition from reusable to single-use endoscopes have covered cost and performance before expanding into the area of risk management.
Endoscopy Insights Podcast
Capitalizing on an opportunity to expand capacity and avoid costly and unnecessary expenses associated with workflow management — and possible patient cross-contamination — comes down to more than simply making a purchase.
Patient Safety
As soon as fungal infection is suspected, bronchoscopy with diagnostic sampling should be performed to reduce illness and potentially save lives, according to a recent study out of Turkey.
Public Health
The AABIP Pulmonary Procedures Registry is offering data that would not otherwise be shared in the field, with the goal of improving patient outcomes.
Preventing Infection
The findings, according to a new study by infection control expert Dr. Lawrence Muscarella, underscore the importance of meticulously cleaning and performing at least high-level disinfection on flexible endoscopes in accordance with current infection control guidelines and the manufacturer’s reprocessing, handling and storage instructions.
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