A study led by Kristen Wendorf, MD, a physician at King County’s public health department in Seattle, found the current reprocessing guidelines for endoscopes may not be sufficient for adequately ...

Advances in minimally invasive surgery have enabled patients to visit outpatient gastrointestinal facilities for procedures rather than hospital operating rooms. Infection prevention is a top priority ...

New research suggests reprocessing scopes used in gastrointestinal procedures may not completely disinfect the devices. In analyzing 20 fully reprocessed gastroscopes and colonoscopes, authors of a ...