Economic burden of enhanced practices of duodenoscopes reprocessing and surveillance: balancing risk and cost containment

Conclusions While enhanced-SRT may reduce patient risk of exposure to contaminated duodenoscopes, it significantly increases the cost of performing ERCP. Future innovation should focus on approaches that can ensure patient safety while maintaining the ability to perform ERCP in a cost-effective manner. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, GermanyArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  open access Full text

Source: Endoscopy International Open - August 23, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Bomman, Shivanand Kozarek, Richard A. Thaker, Adarsh M. Kodama, Camilla Muthusamy, V. Raman Ross, Andrew S. Krishnamoorthi, Rajesh Tags: Original article Source Type: research