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 ...

A study led by Kristen Wendorf, MD, a physician at King County’s public health department in Seattle, found the current reprocessing guidelines for endoscopes may not be sufficient for adequately ...

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control examined the flexible endoscope reprocessing effectiveness. Cori Ofstead, of Saint Paul, Minn.-based Ofstead & Associates and colleagues, ...