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8 mm) accessory channel of a flexible gastroscope without requiring withdrawal of the endoscope. Unlike other suturing devices, it does not require loading onto the endoscope before use, it is much smaller in diameter, and it does not interfere with endoscope flexibility or function. (Science Daily)
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A video gastroscope for the surgery department costing $24,200. It is used in endoscopic procedures and will replace a damaged one. (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
OCH remodeling project underway, facility again meets "Gold Standard" Feb 11, 2008
Four private rooms will be added to that area for surgical patients, and for colonoscopy and gastroscope patients to recover. Two new labor and delivery/post-partum and recovery rooms for the mothers and babies round out this part of the overall project. (Ocheyedan Press Melvin News, IA)
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Gala proceeds have funded equipment purchases through the years including a new Medical Telemetry Monitoring System, a Holter Monitoring System, a new video endoscopy system for general and orthopedic surgery, TotalCare ICU beds and ventilators, a Dexascan unit for osteoporosis screening, a pulmonary function system, a gastroscope and a colonoscope for diagnostic testing, a cryostat for on-site frozen section evaluation of biopsies, a portable X-ray unit, and a patient education system.... (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
Doctors have 'great difficulty' in removing utensil from esophagus Jan 1, 2007
An X-ray and camera gastroscope revealed the implement stuck in her throat at the top of her stomach. According to the Sunday Telegraph, several doctors recommended surgery to remove the spoon, but two others, Bernard Beldholm and Alice Lee worked out a successful strategy to lasso the spoon and pull it out the way it went in. (WorldNetDaily)
News in brief from eastern Pennsylvania Nov 11, 2006
Hospital officials suspended Coffey Nov. 3 after they discovered a gastroscope was missing and surveillance footage showed him leaving the area where it had been stored. . (NEPA News, PA)
Man allegedly stole CMC supplies, resold on eBay Nov 10, 2006
Among the items taken were a box of surgical staples valued at $3,000, two gastroscopes valued at $10,000 each, a gastroscope valued at $20,000, three surgical staplers and a roticulator, the arrest affidavit said ... Hospital officials suspended Mr. Coffey on Nov. 3 after they discovered a gastroscope slated for use that morning was missing and surveillance footage showed Mr. Coffey leaving the area where the scope was stored. (Scranton Times, PA)
Hospital's surgical tool improperly sterilized Jun 14, 2006
The improper sterilization procedure came to light because of an extensive audit undertaken at all Scripps hospitals last month after 299 bariatric patients at Scripps Memorial Hospital and six bariatric patients at Scripps Mercy hospital were operated on using an improperly sterilized gastroscope. In those instances, a supervisor who is no longer employed by Scripps told subordinates to skip a third sterilization process that should have been performed to completely sterilize the gastroscopes... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
News briefs from San Diego County Jun 14, 2006
The inadequate sterilization procedure came to light in an audit of all Scripps hospitals last month after 299 stomach-reduction patients at Scripps Memorial Hospital and six patients at Scripps Mercy hospital were operated on using an improperly sterilized gastroscope. The sterilization failures involved more than one employee. (Fresno Bee -- State)
California Hospital may have exposed some to HIV... May 4, 2006
Stanziano said state health officials were overseeing an investigation into the nurse's failure to properly sterilize an instrument called a gastroscope. The gastroscope, which is used in so-called stomach-stapling operations, requires a different sterilization process from most instruments because it cannot be exposed to high temperatures. (The Drudge Report)
Hospital mishap may have exposed 300 patients to HIV or hepatitis May 4, 2006
The female nurse, whose name was not released, failed to fully clean a gastroscope, which is used to retrieve other surgical instruments from the stomach ... Stanziano said the chances of infection were remote because the gastroscopes had undergone preliminary washes and rinses, although they were not sterilized with chemicals. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Patients Warned After Disturbing Discovery May 3, 2006
According to Dr. Dana Launer, the hospital's chief of staff, a nurse disinfected -- but never sterilized -- a gastroscope, which doctors use during obesity surgeries to remove another instrument that staples the stomach ... Authorities said that the improperly cleaned gastroscope was used on 299 people. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
Nurse Fired For Not Properly Sterilizing Surgical Instrument May 3, 2006
For more than a year a nurse at Scripps La Jolla was not properly sterilizing a surgical instrument called a gastroscope ... The nurse -- who has since been fired -- disinfected the gastroscope after each use, but failed to sterilize it according to hospital procedures. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
