Standardizing Endoscopic Processes

Standardizing Endoscopic Processes

Agencies, safety organizations, accreditation entities, and industry groups are putting GI-endoscopy reprocessing procedures under the microscope, demanding increased adherence to guidelines. Hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) need solutions that will not add burdens to their already-overloaded nursing staffs.

Many organizations have discovered that providing nurses with GI compliance kits helps facilitate compliance, and with ease. This paper examines the regulatory requirements and association guidelines for reprocessing, the economic efficiencies of compliance kits and the value of standardization.

  • An overview of the risks behind improper processing of GI endoscopes
  • Solutions (such as compliance kits) to address poor processing protocol
  • The value of standardization