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3 Trends Urologists Should Watch
Value-Based Care
As life slowly begins to return to normal, urologists should expect some changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic to remain.
Why Have Warning Letters to Device Manufacturers Plunged, And Will That Continue?
Prevention Challenges
Warning letters issued by Center for Devices and Radiological Health decreased from 81 in fiscal 2015 to 9 last year, a 90 percent drop. Expect that trend to reverse, according to an FDA official.
What 10 Years of Chronicling Med-Tech Hazards Reveals About Patient Safety
Preventing Infection
For the first time in a decade, the proper handling of flexible endoscopes was left off the annual Technology Hazards List from ECRI. This year’s list largely reflects the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Endoscope Inventors Saw Inspiration In Surprising Source
Performing Procedures
The ability of sword swallowers to relax their gag reflex and adjust their posture to thrust swords down as far as their stomach helped demonstrate the power of endoscopes.
How Do Partially Disposable Scopes Compare?
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Procedure
Digestive Disease Week 2021 research assessed the effectiveness of partially disposable duodenoscope technology.
More From Single-Use Endoscopy
Preventing Infection
New responsibilities, staffing shortages, and stress have compounded the already high-pressure work that infection preventionists do as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its second year.
Public Health
U.K. specialists chose a flexible single-use rhinolaryngoscope to identify laryngeal obstruction during exercise for a new line of care they were opening.
