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When to Say No: Women in Endoscopy and Work-Life Balance
Best Practices
Women’s coalition symposium at DDW 2021 focused on career advancement, with special presentation on prioritizing career goals in making extracurricular choices.
GI Societies Release Updated Reprocessing Guidelines
Preventing Infection
Updated reprocessing recommendations address recent research regarding endoscope-associated infection and effective reprocessing techniques to reduce risk of infection. The guidelines also address the development of single-use devices.
Endoscopists Detail Multifaceted Approach to Infection Prevention
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Applications
Two advanced endoscopists outline the challenges in infection prevention in ERCP and discuss the potential for single-use endoscopy as part of a comprehensive solution.
How a Rock Star’s Bout with Pancreatitis Sparked Interest in Endoscopy
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Procedure
Travis Barker, the drummer for the pop-punk band Blink-182, had a small polyp removed that resulted in damage to a critical pancreatic drainage tube.
FDA Pushes for Switch to ‘Innovative’ Duodenoscope Designs to Enhance Patient Safety
Patient Safety
The update was issued because of cleaning concerns and contamination data with fixed endcap duodenoscopes, as well as the availability of innovative models that eliminate the need for reprocessing.
More From Single-Use Endoscopy
Preventing Infection
Manual cleaning of medical devices not only soaks workers at the sink, it also sends potentially contaminated droplets more than seven feet away, showing a need for better controls, new research shows.
Best Practices
Key departments, including endoscopy, significantly improved compliance with the implementation of an auditing program.
