With all the recent outbreaks related to flexible endoscope usage, proper cleaning of scopes continues to be top of mind for hospitals and patients. The FDA has recently released guidance on mitigating the risk from cross-contamination of scopes, which can be found here. Whether or not this guidance will help reduce the likelihood of a […]
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A leading organization again named Endoscope Reprocessing one of its top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2017. For several years now, ECRI Institute has listed Endoscope Reprocessing near the top of its annual list of health technology hazards. ECRI (www.ecri.org), a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research to healthcare
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Senior executives at Olympus have recently declined to make any comment regarding emails that have surfaced in an investigation by Kaiser Health News and the Los Angeles Times. The emails seem to point to Olympus managers treating the infection risk to patients due to improper cleaning of duodenoscopes as “acceptable.” This article found at Kaiser
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Progress in patient safety has been a challenge in many areas of the hospital and many facilities have made significant changes in their practice of reprocessing endoscopes. With this said, guidelines and practice are in a continuous state of change. It is the responsibility of the hospital to make sure they do not become too
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Hospitals have used the 5 rights of medication administration as a foundation to build on as part of their patient safety initiatives: the right patient the right drug the right dose the right route the right time There is no reason we can not take the same approach to endoscope reprocessing. the right patient the
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Charles Cowles, Anesthesiologist and Chief Perioperative Safety Officer (MD Anderson Cancer Center) has leveraged his experience as a firefighter and exposure to other industries to discuss how hospitals can build on their patient safety committees taking a departmental team approach. As more medical errors are reported, Dr Cowles noted the severity of preventable errors with
Each week Mobile Aspects will be tracking the top stories related to patient safety, RFID technology & healthcare efficiency across the web… Want to get more insights about RFID & Healthcare? Follow us on twitter @mobileaspects This weeks top five: 1) NBC TODAY Investigates: Dirty surgical instruments a growing problem in the OR An in
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Want to get more insights about RFID & Healthcare? Follow us on twitter @mobileaspects Now Follow these stories with Hashtags! #RFID #SGNA2012 #HIT #Endoscope “10 veterans test positive for hepatitis after colonoscopies” – USA Today 2009 A headline such as the one above appearing in a 2009 USA Today article is a nightmarish scenario
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** Each month Mobile Aspects likes to recognize the hard work of its customers as they continuously strive to deliver the highest quality of care. Endoscopy – the use of a long, flexible tube with a camera at its tip to peer inside a patient – has been used to help doctors assess and diagnose
Patient cross contamination from the improper handling and reprocessing of flexible endoscopes is a serious issue today and was listed at #3 on ECRI’s list of Top Ten Health Technology Hazards for 2011. In fact there is no such thing as a minor slip up when it comes to following endoscope reprocessing guidelines, the procedure