The Problem With Broken Endoscopes And How To Avoid Them

October 12, 2021 / Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Infection Control, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety /

Flexible endoscopes can cost a hospital a lot of money – and cost patients valuable time – when going through avoidable repairs. Repairing flexible endoscopes often requires expensive maintenance from third-party organizations, delayed or canceled cases due to unusable scopes and procurement of expensive loaner scopes to handle the required workload. Spending time and effort […]

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Survey: Hospital CFOs Planning To Focus On Cost Reductions In 2020

June 13, 2019 / Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, The Business of Surgery /

According to a recent survey, a vast majority of hospital financial leaders agreed that focusing on cost reductions will be one of their main priorities in 2020. The same survey also revealed that hospital CFOs and other financial leaders need to bulk up their investment in data analytics and management dashboards. The survey, conducted by

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How Technology Can Help Your Hospital Reach High Compliance Rates In Endoscope Reprocessing

May 30, 2019 / Hospital Management, Infection Control, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance /

Over the last decade, incidences of outbreaks from infections that can be attributed to poorly disinfected endoscopes have been showing up in the news regularly. So much so that regulatory bodies from the US Congress to the FDA have been increasing their scrutiny of these extremely useful, yet sometimes problematic reusable medical instruments. Many different

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Why Hospitals Need To Re-Evaluate Their Supply Chain Automation Efforts

May 22, 2019 / Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

Over the last decade, hospitals have made a varying amount of investments into their supply chains to drive costs out of their organizations. While many hospitals have been at the forefront of moving to automation technologies such as RFID and bar-coding, many other hospitals still rely on pen and paper-based manual processes to run their

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Government Continues Probe Into Manufacturers of Contaminated Duodenoscopes

May 16, 2019 / Hospital Management, Infection Control, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance /

The US Government is continuing its scrutiny of Olympus and the other major endoscope manufacturers following several reports of infections related to duodenoscopes in recent years. The latest chapter includes a letter written by a US Senator asking for additional information regarding duodenoscope investigations. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) wrote a letter to the three major

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Are You Reprocessing Endoscopes Efficiently?

May 9, 2019 / Cost Reduction, Hospital Management, Infection Control, Managing Endoscopes, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency /

In today’s environment, Endoscopy and PeriOperative departments need to be very careful to follow their endoscope reprocessing protocols extremely closely. With all the reports of superbug outbreaks due to the inadequate disinfection of scopes, it is the primary job of sterile processing (or whichever department oversees reprocessing scopes) to provide safe endoscopes to use on

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Nearly Half Million Dollars In Endoscopes Stolen From Pennsylvania Hospital

October 6, 2021 / Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Managing Endoscopes /

During a recent weekend shift, nearly a half million dollars’ worth of colonoscopes were stolen from a hospital outside of Philadelphia. 3 thieves were suspected of walking out of Lankenau Medical Center with the equipment in broad daylight. This is not the first time this has happened with flexible endoscopes. In 2017, over $1 million

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Track Tissue From Dock To Patient With This Automation Technology

April 24, 2019 / Clinical Documentation, Hospital Management, Joint Commission, Operating Rooms, Regulatory Compliance, The Business of Surgery, Tissue Management /

Many Perioperative departments have told us that their recent visits by The Joint Commission (TJC) included a more in-depth review of their tissue implant logs. A number of Perioperative administrators and nurses agreed that during their last visit from TJC they wanted to see a higher level of documentation when it comes to tracking tissue

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FDA Releases Update On Contamination Risks Of Duodenoscopes

April 17, 2019 / Hospital Management, Infection Control, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance /

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released another update regarding its research into the safety and contamination risks associated with the use of duodenoscopes. After receiving further research results, the FDA is reiterating its previous recommendations regarding the proper handling and reprocessing of duodenoscopes that it released in a Safety Communication in

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How To Store And Track Extra Long Scopes

April 15, 2019 / Hospital Management, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance /

Extra-long scopes, such as small bowel enteroscopes, can often be a challenge for endoscopy departments to track and manage. Their long bodies do not fit easily in to the standard scope storage cabinets that are typically used to store all scopes. Because of this challenge, most hospitals store their extra-long scopes in standard storage cabinets

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