Ottomed Endoscopy

The patient’s endoscope reprocessing and quality control and/or infection prevention plan is assessed by the facility. Most hospitals and other healthcare centers use endoscopes in the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, owing to their intricate structure, they easily get infected if not cleaned well. Thus, the issue of effective monitoring and quality control in the process of endoscope reprocessing can be considered critical. She needs to make sure that every endoscope is cleaned, disinfected and sterilized to avoid situations where patients are infected with diseases from the equipment, they were in contact with. This can only be done through an interdisciplinary approach where implementation of high standards, policies and procedures formulated by the regulatory bodies and professional associations are followed. On the same note, The Joint Commission that is an independent healthcare standard setting organization requires that health care organizations establish and enforce ...

  Diagnostics have improved over the recent past, with the high definition (HD) technology taking the front line in the diagnostic arena especially in the gastrointestinal area. Cynically, diagnostic endoscopy which is the passage of a flexible tube with camera and light at the end through the digestive system has been the reference for diagnosing gastrointestinal diseases for many years. Nevertheless, it comes with certain drawbacks like low image quality, reduced vision, and possible ways by which one can miss the small lesion or abnormality. With the introduction of HD technology, the whole picture was revolutionized with far sharper, clearer, more vivid pictures, better visualization and diagnosis. High definition technology is a more superior technology in comparison to other older technologies since it has superior sensors and processing capacity to its predecessor technologies which enables it provide highly clear images of high detail. This helps gastroenterologists to se...