Improving Quality and Safety In Your Endoscopy Unit: On-Demand | October 2022 OLQUALOCT22-EURP Application_ASC_HOPD

EURP Application_ASC_HOPD_2019

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The ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program is a program designed to recognize endoscopy units that meet certain criteria for quality and patient safety. The program application must be reviewed and signed by the medical director of the endoscopy unit, and it is available for download on the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) website.<br /><br />The application form includes sections for the medical director to provide information about the type of endoscopy unit (office-based, ambulatory surgical center, or hospital outpatient department), any institutional affiliation of the unit, and accreditation information. The medical director is also required to attest to the adoption of seven ASGE clinical guidelines and the CDC guideline on infection control as unit policy.<br /><br />The application also includes sections for verifying the membership status of endoscopists working in the unit and for attesting to the completion of competency assessments for endoscope reprocessing, sterile medication administration, and infection prevention.<br /><br />The quality policy assessment section of the application requires the unit to provide information about the development and adoption of unit policies for various quality measures, such as the quality of preparation during colonoscopy and the cecal intubation rate. The unit is also required to submit data on these measures, both in aggregate and by individual endoscopist, and provide improvement/remediation plans if performance does not meet the program criteria.<br /><br />The application fee for the program is based on whether all endoscopists in the unit are ASGE members and whether the unit participates in the GIQuIC registry.<br /><br />Applicants must submit a completed application form, proof of accreditation, membership verification, attestation forms, quality policy assessment forms, a quality improvement project summary, and payment of the application fee.<br /><br />The ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program aims to promote the adoption of best practices and continuous quality improvement in endoscopy units.

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ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program

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patient safety

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ASGE website

accreditation information

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infection control

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