191 Results for Gastroenterology
GastroenterologyStaff SafetyWaste ManagementPatient Safety

Essential Elements of a Highly Efficient Fluid Waste System

By: Jared Bilski | Editor-in-Chief08/14/2023

Waste management is a crucial part of any high-volume GI practice. Your staff deserves a system that is safe, efficient, portable and one-hundred percent...

GastroenterologyPatient SafetyInstrument Reprocessing and CareInfection Prevention

Flexible Endoscope Storage Solutions

By: Adam Taylor | Senior Editor08/14/2023

Infection prevention and sterile processing pros who visit GI centers continue to see the use of inadequate endoscope storage methods that can foster contamination...

GastroenterologyOpinion

Guest Editor: Pushing the Boundaries

By: Eric M. Pauli, MD, FACS, FASGE08/14/2023

As healthcare providers, we continuously push the boundaries of what we can safely do on an outpatient basis....

Gastroenterology

July 5, 2023

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors06/28/2023

How do well-meaning sterile processing professionals make sense of and track the myriad complex steps in a typical endoscope manufacturer’s IFUs?

Gastroenterology

Technologies That Improve Adenoma Detection Rates

By: Eric Pauli, MD, FACS, FASGE06/21/2023

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States....

GastroenterologyPatient Experience

June 21, 2023

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors06/20/2023

When Ohio Gastroenterology Group, a Columbus-based physician-owned practice with five endoscopy centers, was drowning in tens of thousands of monthly phone calls...

Gastroenterology

June 7, 2023

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors06/06/2023

When Ryan Reynolds, star of the popular Deadpool movies and perennial rom-com leading man, agreed to have his first colonoscopy filmed for public release...

Gastroenterology

The Profit Right Under Your Nose

By: Shakeel Ahmed, MD05/02/2023

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are an odd beast. They are an enigma to the novice operator, often resulting in failure on multitudinous fronts....

GastroenterologyInstrument Reprocessing and CareIdeas That Work

Ideas That Work: Avoid the Endoscope Tipping Point

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors04/06/2023

Even when endoscopy staff are well-taught and well-trained, accidents happen in what can be fast-paced, high-volume environments at GI centers....

GastroenterologyStaff Training and EducationPatient SafetyInstrument Reprocessing and CareInfection Prevention

Standardization in the Outpatient GI Center

By: Adam Taylor | Senior Editor04/05/2023

There’s nothing easy about cleaning flexible endoscopes. They’re fragile and expensive and one can argue the margin for reprocessing them safely is...

GastroenterologyPatient SafetyInstrument Reprocessing and CareInfection Prevention

Infection Prevention: Making Sense of Complex IFUs

By: Katharine Hoffman, MPH, CIC, NCMA, LSSGB and Chrystia Johnson, MSHS, MLS(AMT), CIC, LSSYB03/13/2023

Virtually every article, webinar or how-to guide on flexible endoscope reprocessing includes some version of this advice: Be sure to follow the manufacturer’s Instructions For Use (IFU)....

GastroenterologyInstrument Reprocessing and CareFinancial Management

Maintenance and Repair Strategies for Endoscopes

By: Joe Paone | Senior Editor03/06/2023

With endoscope repair, cost isn’t the only consideration. Providers require consistent, high-quality availability and prompt turnarounds to avoid risks to performance and throughput....

GastroenterologySupply ManagementStaffingFinancial Management

Running a High-Volume GI Center

By: Laura Young, RN02/21/2023

If you’re on the fence about entering the outpatient GI space, a few statistics on colonoscopy cases should be all the convincing you need....

GastroenterologyPatient ExperienceHealthcare IT

Tapping the Potential of Engagement Tech

By: Joe Paone | Senior Editor02/13/2023

Like many high-volume ASCs emerging from the pandemic’s depths, Ohio Gastroenterology Group had a phone call problem … as in, way more than its staff and physicians could handle....

GastroenterologyWaste ManagementSupply ManagementPatient ExperienceInstrument Reprocessing and CareHealthcare ITAnesthesia

Keep Up With the Colonoscopy Boom

By: Eric M. Pauli, MD, FACS, FASGE01/09/2023

Combine the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently lowering the recommended initial colorectal screening age from 50 to 45 with the influx of newly scheduled screenings from patients who postponed their colonoscopies during the height...

GastroenterologyPatient SafetyInstrument Reprocessing and CareInfection Prevention

Thinking of Buying: Endoscope Storage Cabinets

By: Kavel Visrodia, MD09/19/2022

Ensuring that reprocessed endoscopes are completely dry during storage remains an important patient safety topic in the world of endoscopy. Residual moisture in and around endoscopes promotes the growth...

GastroenterologyInstrument Reprocessing and CareInfection Prevention

The Latest on Flexible Endoscope Care

By: Dan Cook | Editor-in-Chief09/15/2022

In March, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) updated ANSI/AAMI ST91:2021, its standard for the cleaning and storing of flexible endoscopes. The new guidance document — which addresses...

Gastroenterology

August 11, 2022

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors08/10/2022

Colonoscopy is the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance, but folds and blind spots within the colon can harbor precancerous polyps that may be...

GastroenterologyStaff Training and EducationInstrument Reprocessing and Care

New Standards in Endoscope Reprocessing

By: Rose Quinn | Contributing Editor07/08/2022

Best practices in the high-level disinfection of flexible endoscopes must be prioritized after every one of the estimated 15 million colonoscopies performed each year in the U.S.,...

GastroenterologyInstrument Reprocessing and CareInfection Prevention

Rigid Protocols for Flexible Endoscope Reprocessing

By: Jared Bilski | Managing Editor05/19/2022

There are between 75 and 100 intricate steps involved in the proper reprocessing of flexible endoscopes. That means there are countless opportunities for staff to miss critical steps...

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