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    Duodenoscopes — tubular cameras threaded into the intestine — with disposable parts were supposed to be safer. But the parts can fall off in the body, the F.D.A. warned.

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    Disposable elevator cap duodenoscopes decreased the risk for persistent microbial contamination while maintaining technical performance in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, according to data in JAMA Internal Medicine. “Several novel duodenoscope designs have emerged, including entirely disposable duodenoscopes, whose high costs and suboptimal technical performance collectively

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    Boston Scientific announced CMS granted a new technology add-on payment for single-use duodenoscopes applicable to the EXALT Model D Single-Use Duodenoscope as part of its Fiscal Year 2022 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System. Yearly, clinicians perform more than 700,000 endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedures in the U.S. with approximately 1.5 million completed

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    Module 1: Defining the Problem with Infection Control Issues in Endoscopy This module gives a brief history of how duodenoscope-related infections from Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures came to light and provides the factors that contribute to them in detail. Module 2: Potential Novel…

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    • Sleep better by eliminating infections that your patients risk from #endoscopies. Drs. Raman Muthusamy and Adarsh Thaker discuss leading technologies to disinfect #duodenoscopes in AGA’s 2020 Tech Summit On-Demand Program. https://t.co/MeuAs4qzTm @raman_muthusamy @AThakerMD https://t.co/lFKgPDCjbO