Despite advances in medicine and innovations in many underpinning fields including
disease prevention and control, the Spaulding classification system, originally proposed in …

Climate change and the destruction of ecosystems by human activities are among the
greatest challenges of the 21st century and require urgent action. Health care activities …

The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is characterized by rapid declines in the wake of
widespread screening. Colonoscopy is the gold standard for CRC screening, but its …

Background and Aims Expert endoscopists previously reported ERCP outcomes for the first
commercialized single-use duodenoscope. We aimed to document usability of this device by …

Background Sterile processing personnel routinely decontaminate medical devices that are
heavily soiled with blood, tissue, and secretions. Contamination may spread throughout …

Objectives The disposable esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) system is a novel
endoscopic device which is highly portable and is designed to eliminate the risk of cross …

Introduction Infections have been linked to damaged or contaminated endoscopes with
visible defects. Endoscope processing standards and guidelines state endoscopes should …

Background Semicritical medical devices are defined as items that come into contact with
mucous membranes or nonintact skin (eg, gastrointestinal endoscopes, endocavitary …

A review of the development of the key performance metrics of endoscopic mucosal
resection (EMR), learning from the experience of the establishment of widespread …

Introduction: The management of pancreaticobiliary disorders relies heavily on endoscopic
retrograde cholangiopancreatography, which is performed with a duodenoscope. Bacterial …