Improving Quality and Safety In Your Endoscopy Unit: On-Demand | October 2022 OLQUALOCT22-Optimizing Bowel Preparation in Your Endoscopy Unit

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Video Summary

In this video, Dr. Tiara Levin discusses optimizing bowel preparation in endoscopy units. She talks about the barriers to adequate bowel prep and the approaches to optimizing it. Dr. Levin emphasizes the importance of scoring the quality of the bowel prep and having a plan to achieve 90% or more adequate preps. She explains that bowel prep includes the use of purgatives, medication timing, dietary changes, managing medications, and mental and physical preparation. She mentions various options for patient education and different types of bowel preps available. Dr. Levin also discusses risk factors for poor prep and special considerations for different patient populations. She highlights the benefits of split-dose preps, low-residue diets, and personalized regimens. She explains that inadequate bowel prep can lead to longer procedures, lower adenoma detection rates, and decreased patient experience. Dr. Levin also touches on post-procedure management and alternative screening modalities. She concludes with key takeaways, such as the importance of split dosing and grading the bowel prep quality, and references several resources for further information. This summary is based on the transcript of a video by Dr. Tiara Levin.

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T.R. Levin, MD

Keywords

bowel preparation

adequate bowel prep

scoring the quality

patient education

split-dose preps

personalized regimens