Advances in minimally invasive surgery have enabled patients to visit outpatient gastrointestinal facilities for procedures rather than hospital operating rooms. Infection prevention is a top priority ...

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 ...

LITTLE FALLS, N.J., Dec. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CANTEL MEDICAL CORP. (NYSE:CMD) and Censis Technologies announced today a new long-term partnership to combine Cantel's leading infection prevention ...

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., May 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus, a global technology leader in designing and delivering innovative solutions for medical and surgical procedures, among other core businesses, ...

Because proper endoscope reprocessing is critical to patient safety, ENDORA, which stands for Endoscope Reprocessing Assurance, was designed to alert the operator and send an email notification to ...

Current reprocessing methods do not effectively sterilize flexible endoscopes, which may pose an infection risk to patients, suggest the findings of two new studies. Here are four things to know. 1.

Many patients may be undergoing endoscopy with contaminated instruments, a pair of new studies suggest. Current guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others allow the ...

Despite a multistep cleaning and disinfecting process, potentially harmful bacteria survive on colonoscopes and gastroscopes used to examine the gastrointestinal tract, according to a new study ...

The endoscope reprocessing market represents a critical segment within the healthcare infrastructure, focusing on the cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of endoscopic equipment used in ...

Potentially harmful bacteria can survive on endoscopes used to examine the interior of the digestive tract, despite a multi-step cleaning and disinfecting process, according to a study published in ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Censis Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortive Corporation, and Cantel Medical Corp announced a new long-term partnership to combine Cantel’s ...