Sterile processing for endoscopic equipment is one of the biggest concerns when it comes to infection control. A recent study presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for ...

The current updates to the AAMI ST91 national standard are intended to reduce outbreaks linked to the use of contaminated endoscopes through quality processing. Key aspects of this updated standard ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department for Veterans Affairs have issued a new set of guidelines for healthcare facilities, including ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Gastrointestinal societies voted not to support the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s ...

The FDA, CDC and Department of Veterans Affairs provide the following six general recommendations to prevent cross-contamination in endoscope processing. 1. Establish an institutional program for ...

Olympus has begun rolling out an artificial-intelligence-powered platform for its new endoscope, designed to automatically spot suspicious lesions and polyps during a colonoscopy in real time. The ...

Ambu is a Business Reporter client. Switching to single-use equipment liberates front-line clinical time, improves staff conditions and saves money. Hospitals around the world are struggling with ...

Ultra-compact, agile endoscopes with a large field of view (FoV), long depth of field (DoF), and short rigid tip length are essential for developing minimally invasive operations and new experimental ...