EndoNurse Magazine

Safety

Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

We all enjoy the ease of our cell phones, and many of us have become reliant on smart phones, especially in the healthcare sector where convenience and access to information is vital. Not everyone, however, is convinced these devices are safe. ...More
December 8, 2010
Posted in Blog, Disorders, Industry Issues
Assessing Scope Processing: How Does Your Program Add Up?

Leaders of endoscopy departments know the critical necessity of proper cleaning. Of all of the areas in a hospital or healthcare facility, endoscopy is more likely than any other to require its nurses to perform the cleaning and disinfection tasks for equipment and ...More
December 2, 2010
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues, Procedures
Set of Interventions Rapidly Improves Hospital Safety

A prescribed set of hospital-wide patient-safety programs can lead to rapid improvements in the “culture of safety” even in a large, complex, academic medical center, according to a new study by safety experts at Johns Hopkins. ...More
December 2, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Unapproved Cancer Therapy Makes Colon Tumors Worse

A do-it-yourself cancer “treatment” that many patients have ordered online can encourage growth in colorectal tumors, according to researchers at the University of Guelph. ...More
November 23, 2010
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
Recommended Practices for Surgical Attire

Although it has always recommended institution laundering of surgical attire, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) is unequivocal on this position in its newly revised Recommended Practices for Surgical Attire, due for release this month. In this ...More
November 22, 2010
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues, Procedures
Sterile-Processing Consultant Teams With Global Charity

MDD Consulting, which offers consultation in the field of sterile processing, recently announced a partnership with Mercy Ships, a global charity. The groups will provide sterile-processing training to volunteer staffs from the 2011host country of Sierra Leone. The staffs ...More
November 16, 2010
Posted in News, 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
Study Explores Whether ERCP is a Conduit for Contamination

A new article, “Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak after endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography” was printed in a German medical journal and covers a study that sought to identify the source of the outbreak in patients undergoing ERCP. ...More
November 12, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
PPIs and Antiplatelet Drugs OK for GI-Risk Patients

Using proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and antiplatelet drugs (thienopyridines) together is an appropriate way of treating patients with cardiovascular (CV) disease who are at high risk of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeds, despite recent concerns about an adverse interaction ...More
November 10, 2010
Posted in Articles, Disorders, Industry Issues
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