Emergency Room

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Why Bedside Tracheostomy Costs Considerably Less With Single-Use Bronchoscopes

SUPPLY COSTS

Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy, or PDT, is considered a practical, safe and cost-effective alternative to open surgical tracheostomy, and both reusable and single-use bronchoscopes are suitable for the procedure. But single-use devices save money and eliminate contamination concerns.

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Endoscope Auditing

13 Lessons Learned During a Decade of Endoscope Auditing

Prevention Strategies

Running an efficient endoscope auditing program is a complex undertaking. A new study distills years of experience into about a dozen key learnings designed to ensure that a hospital’s endoscopes are “patient-ready, every time.”

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Sterile Processing Errors Rank High on New Top Tech Health Hazards List

Prevention Challenges

The annual list from ECRI Institute emphasizes “newly developing hazards and the migration of medical technologies to areas beyond the acute care setting.”

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Should Endoscopists Train Like Athletes?

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Looking Back on the Safety of Bronchoscopy at the Start of the Pandemic

Preventing Infection

COVID-19 Guidelines: Did They Work?

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Closing the Gap: Women Make History with Urology Milestone

The percentage of women urologists is the highest it’s ever been.