Transcription of Infection control during GI endoscopy
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Communicationfrom the ASGEQ uality AssuranceIn endoscopy CommitteeGUIDELINEI nfection control during GI endoscopyPrepared by: ASGE QUALITY ASSURANCE IN endoscopy COMMITTEEA udrey H. Calderwood, MD, Lukejohn W. Day, MD, V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, James Collins, RN,Ralph David Hambrick, III, RN, Andrew S. Brock, MD, Nalini M. Guda, MD, Jonathan M. Buscaglia, MD,Bret T. Petersen, MD, Navtej S. Buttar, MD, Lauren G. Khanna, MD, Vladimir M. Kushnir, MD,Aparna Repaka, MD, Nicolas A. Villa, MD, Glenn M. Eisen, MD, MPH, ChairThis document was reviewed and approved by the Governing Board of the American Society for GastrointestinalEndoscopy (ASGE).The Quality Assurance in endoscopy Committee of theAmerican Society for Gastrointestinal endoscopy (ASGE)updated and revised this document, which was originallyprepared by The Standards of Practice Committee of theASGE and was published in preparing thisguideline, a search of the medical literature wasperformed by using PubMed, supplemented by accessingthe related-articles feature of PubMed.
consultants. When little or no data existed from well-designed prospective trials, emphasis was given to results from large series and reports from recognized experts. Guidelines for appropriate use of endoscopy are based on a critical review of the available data and expert consensus at the time the guidelines are drafted.
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