The First Step Flexible Endoscope Bedside Pre-Clean Kit from Cygnus Medical enables GI surgery centers to removing visible bioburden after a procedure — an essential first step in the reprocessing of ...

Ambulatory surgery centers are considered high-quality sites of care, and many centers with gastroenterology conduct their own endoscope reprocessing. They have small staffs with checks-and-balances ...

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 ...

There is need for careful visual inspection and cleaning verification tests of endoscopes before they are disinfected or sterilized and used on another patient. Currently, flexible endoscopes, ...