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 ...

Existing endoscope reprocessing techniques are not consistently effective, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. The study shows all 20 endoscopes had visual ...

The Minnesota Department of Health has issued a memo to healthcare facilities regarding proper reprocessing of endoscopes. According to the memo, several healthcare facilities have contacted the ...

Despite a multistep cleaning and disinfecting process, potentially harmful bacteria survive on colonoscopes and gastroscopes used to examine the gastrointestinal tract, according to a new study ...