Infection Control Risks and Endoscopy

Endoscopy Insights Podcast

Infection Control Risks and Endoscopy

"Infection control needs to be an effort we make every day, because our patients deserve and expect our very best care."



What are the challenges, and potential missteps, when it comes to reprocessing bronchoscopes, GI endoscopes and ureteroscopes? How have guidelines and standards evolved? And how has COVID-19 flipped the script when it comes to pursuing evidence-based strategies to eliminate infections related to endoscopes?

We explore these questions and more with Dr. Hudson Garrett, CEO of Community Health Associates LLC in Atlanta and co-founder of the nonprofit Infection Prevention Institute.

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