Despite reprocessing in accordance with U.S. multisociety guidelines, endoscopes were still found to be contaminated with viable microbes and biologic debris in a recent study, which suggests ...

More than 50 million endoscopies are performed yearly in the United States. The risk of acquiring an infection during one of these procedures is exceedingly low, because the current cleaning processes ...

Current reprocessing methods do not effectively sterilize flexible endoscopes, which may pose an infection risk to patients, suggest the findings of two new studies. Here are four things to know. 1.

Having a camera inserted into a bodily orifice isn’t most people’s idea of a good time. But this procedure, called an endoscopy, is commonly used by doctors to more accurately diagnose patients’ ...

Endoscopes are instruments that are used to look inside the body Even with new developments cleaning them sufficiently has been a challenge The University has entered a knowledge transfer partnership ...

The competitive landscape of the single-use endoscopes market has also been steadily growing, with a healthy mix of well-established medical device companies like Ambu, Boston Scientific, and Olympus, ...

The disposable endoscopes market was valued at $1.3 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow 16.9% from 2021 to 2028 due to the low cost of maintenance, the rising prevalence of chronic diseases and ...

At least 35 patients have become ill and 11 have died after becoming infected with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) as a result of contact with contaminated endoscopes. From 2012–2014, ...