EndoNurse Magazine

Procedures

There are many types of endoscopy—including those that use natural orifices, and those that use small incisions—but all are used to detect or treat illness. Those using natural body openings include colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, gastroscopy, enteroscopy, esophogealgastroduodenoscopy (EGD, or upper endoscopy), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Endoscopy procedures that use small incisions include percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), etc.

Smart Diagnosis and Treatment of IBS

Folks in medicine have been not overly smart about the diagnosis and the management of the disorder that we have variously called spastic colitis, mucous colitis, or irritable bowel syndrome. First ascribed to hysterical women or malingerers, and first described by Dr. ...More
June 27, 2011
Posted in Articles, Disorders, Procedures
Study: FOBT Helpful for Some Seniors, but not for Many Others

A new study of U.S. veterans ages 70 and older finds that the healthiest get the most benefit from current colon cancer screening methods. However, for many less healthy veterans the burdens of screening may outweigh the benefits. ...More
June 23, 2011
Posted in News, Procedures
Leadership and Sterile Processing

Leadership is very different than management. The need for it is as critical, if not more so, than managing a service, a function or even a surgical facility. Frankly, without leadership, management efforts often flounder. ...More
June 22, 2011
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues, Procedures
Poll: 31 Percent of People 50 and Older Haven't Had Colonoscopy

Results from a nationwide research poll released today by the Colon Cancer Alliance and Quest Diagnostics show that 31 percent of men and women age 50 years and over have never been screened for colon cancer by standard screening methods such as a colonoscopy, fecal occult ...More
June 17, 2011
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Full-Market Release of New Carr-Locke Injection Needle

US Endoscopy, a worldwide endoscopy-device design and manufacturing company, today announced the release of the 23-gauge Carr-Locke injection needle. US Endoscopy introduced the original Carr-Locke needle (25 gauge) in 2003. Today, the Carr-Locke technology is world ...More
June 16, 2011
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Webinar Series on Sterilization in the Outpatient Setting

3M Sterile U program has designed a free series of sterilization education webinars focused specifically on the unique needs of surgery centers. This free, three-part education webinar series, "Focus on Surgery Centers: A Three-part Education Series," is designed to ...More
June 15, 2011
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Outpatient Bariatric Surgery May Lead to Higher Mortality

A new study of nearly 52,000 patients found that people who had gastric bypass surgery and were discharged from the hospital sooner than the national average of a two-day length of stay, experienced significantly higher rates of 30-day mortality and complications. The ...More
June 15, 2011
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Study: Poor Bowel Preps Do Result in Missed Polyps

A new study reports that colonoscopies done with suboptimal bowel preparation are associated with relatively high adenoma (precancerous polyp) miss rates, suggesting that suboptimal bowel preparation substantially decreases colonoscopy effectiveness and may mandate an early ...More
June 13, 2011
Posted in News, Disorders, Procedures
Senate 'Surgery Center Quality and Access Act' Introduced

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June 13, 2011
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
New Sterile-Processing Benchmarking Tool

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has developed a new tool that will help sterile processing departments measure their performance against similar departments across the country. Sterile Processing Benchmarks addresses a gaping need in ...More
June 10, 2011
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures