Endoscopy
VIDEO: Private practice ‘not immune’ to financial concerns of COVID-19
In this exclusive video, Paul S. Sepe, MD, of Hawthorn Medical Associates, discusses how private practice has handled the financial strains of the COVID-19 pandemic. He told Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease that he hopes this situation creates more awareness and drives more efforts to put the proper systems in place in case this kind of crisis happens again.
VIDEO: Impact of COVID-19 on private GI practice
Guest Commentary: Gastrointestinal endoscopy during a global pandemic
GI societies provide clinical insights on COVID-19
Automated endoscope drying cabinets reduce bacterial growth

Storing endoscopes in a cabinet with an automated drying system reduced the time needed to dry the external surfaces and internal channels of the scopes while reducing bacterial growth, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, from the University of California, Los Angeles, told Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease that these automated drying cabinets (ENDODRY Cabinet, Medivators) were developed to address residual moisture present on endoscopes after reprocessing, which could potentially allow environmental contamination to take hold on the scopes.
7 recent reports on interventional endoscopy
FDA clears endoscopy platform for use at ambulatory surgery centers
Guest commentary: Single use duodenoscopes – niche or necessity?

In this guest commentary, Tyler M. Berzin, MD, co-director of GI Endoscopy at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Mohammad Bilal, MD, an advanced endoscopy fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discuss developments surrounding duodenoscope contamination and the emergence of single use duodenoscopes.
7 recent reports on endoscopy
Noninvasive test identifies patients with cirrhosis who can avoid endoscopy
Application of a novel noninvasive test comprised of albumin, bilirubin and platelets successfully identified patients with cirrhosis who could safely avoid screening endoscopy without the need for liver stiffness measurements by transient elastography compared with the Baveno VI criteria, according to a published study.