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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA today announced it has reviewed Pentax’s updated, validated manual reprocessing instructions for its ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Persistent bacterial growth, sometimes of high-concern pathogens, can occur on duodenoscopes and linear ...

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 ...

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control examined the flexible endoscope reprocessing effectiveness. Cori Ofstead, of Saint Paul, Minn.-based Ofstead & Associates and colleagues, ...

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 ...