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CHEST Guidelines for Bronchoscopy During COVID-19 Pandemic

'In such a kinetic milieu, these can be expected to evolve based on an expanding evidence base, the public health burden of disease, and the availability of trained personnel or medical infrastructure,' the authors of the guidelines write.

How COVID-19 is Making the Case for Single-Use Bronchoscopes

Prevention Strategies

Becker’s Hospital Review explored bronchoscope reprocessing and cross-contamination issues in a recent feature story. It’s an important issue to probe, especially now.

More From Single-Use Endoscopy

Challenges in device reprocessing are related to the lack of connection that hospital administrators and the public at large make between the resources given to our teams and the ultimate quality of surgical instruments available for every procedure.

Preventing Infection

Are Bigger Hospitals Safer When It Comes To Sterile Reprocessing?

Bigger hospitals typically offer more complex services, putting added strain on reprocessing departments — and the quality of reprocessing depends on the resources made available to the teams that do that work.

Cross contamination concerns in flexible endoscopes have focused new attention on lingering moisture in channels.

Patient Safety

From Storage to Sterilization, What's New in Reprocessing Endoscopes?

Concerns over cross-contamination and flexible endoscopes continue to fuel research and conversation around endoscope reprocessing best practices.

Infection Preventionists See Help With Infection Control From Federal Funding

Preventing Infection

International Infection Prevention Week 2021: New Funding to Fuel Innovative Protection Strategies

New responsibilities, staffing shortages, and stress have compounded the already high-pressure work that infection preventionists do as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its second year.