EndoNurse Magazine

Colonoscopy

Several diseases of the digestive tract are curable if caught early enough, and colonoscopy is a key part of that intervention process. Colonoscopy allows endoscopy staff to look at the rectum and colon via a thin, flexible tube with a small camera attached that shows polyps, ulcers, tumors, inflammation and bleeding. Tissue samples can be biopsied during this process, and polyps can be removed.

Doc Asks Treasurer to Put Colonoscopy Reminder in Tax Notice

An Idaho treasurer resisted a doctor's push to include colonoscopy reminders in annual tax notices, the Associated Press reported today. The reason the treasurer cited is that people might find the notice “ironic.” ...More
November 18, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Stats on the GI/Endoscopy Market

Endoscopy nurses are focused on the clinical side of their professions, rightfully so, but it’s good to stay updated on the business of procedures and the industry at large as well. ...More
November 17, 2010
Posted in Blog, Industry Issues, Procedures
FDA Approves Ethicon Endo's Appeal for Sedation System

Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. recently won an appeal to the Food & Drug Administration in an effort to get the FDA to consider reversing its denial of Ethicon’s Sedasys System pre-market approval application. ...More
November 15, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Australia Sees Massive Increase in Colonoscopies

The Australian government is reviewing its country’s Medicare subsides for colonoscopies, following a huge increase in the amount of the procedures performed there. ...More
November 12, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Offering a Female Endoscopist Doesn't Increase Screening Rates

A new study from researchers in Colorado shows that women offered a female endoscopist were not more likely to undergo a screening colonoscopy than those who were not offered this choice. Past surveys have shown preferences for female endoscopists seem to be common among ...More
November 11, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Kaiser Permanente Increases Use of FIT-Test Cancer Screening

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death; a figure that may dramatically decrease if Americans are regularly screened for this treatable disease. An aggressive preventive screening program, like the one at Kaiser Permanente, uses the Fecal ...More
November 11, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
VA Report: VA Centers Failed to Sterilize Properly

This week the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) transmitted to the President and Congressional oversight committees findings of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) investigation confirming that improperly cleaned and poorly sanitized instruments were distributed to ...More
November 4, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
FDA Denies Approval of Sedation System, Company Appeals

Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. today asked the Food and Drug Administration to appeal the FDA’s denial of the Sedasys computer-assisted sedation system, which is used in gastrointestinal procedures. ...More
November 4, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues
EndoChoice Launches TrapEase Polyp Traps

EndoChoice, Inc. today announced the launch of its new TrapEase multi-chamber polyp traps, engineered to ensure reliable specimen collection during colonoscopy procedures. ...More
November 2, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues
Head of Miami VA Returns After Colonoscopy Debacle

Mary Berrocal, director of the Miami Veterans Administration Healthcare System, was reassigned in July when thousands of South Florida veterans were given colonoscopies with equipment that was not cleaned properly. Now, she is back on the job, the Miami Herald reports. ...More
November 2, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures