Improving Quality and Safety in the Endoscopy Unit (Virtual)

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The "Improving Quality and Safety in Your Endoscopy Unit" live-streamed course on November 1, 2025, focuses on enhancing performance, safety, and patient satisfaction in endoscopy units. The program is structured around key learning objectives including recognizing quality measures in endoscopy, improving efficiency and safety, enhancing doctor-patient communication, understanding infection risks and disinfectant effectiveness, and incorporating quality assurance strategies.<br /><br />The agenda begins with an overview of establishing and maintaining a high-quality endoscopy unit, highlighting foundational domains of quality at patient and unit levels. Discussions include leveraging the Institute of Medicine’s quality domains for decision-making, improving the patient experience starting with employee engagement, maximizing patient satisfaction across the care journey, and updated bowel preparation guidelines for colonoscopy.<br /><br />The next segment defines and measures quality in various GI endoscopy procedures such as colonoscopy, upper GI endoscopy, ERCP, and EUS, with presentations from expert faculty followed by interactive case discussions.<br /><br />Afternoon sessions address safety and infection control, essential to successful endoscopy practice. Topics cover a global perspective on infection control, practical unit-level infection control measures, and reprocessing guideline comparisons. Efficiency and ergonomics are also explored to optimize unit workflow and staff well-being.<br /><br />Multiple interactive discussions throughout the day encourage application of concepts via case studies, fostering active learning. The course closes with final remarks summarizing key takeaways.<br /><br />Overall, the program provides a comprehensive update on quality improvement, safety protocols, patient satisfaction methods, and operational efficiency tools to enhance endoscopy unit performance, benefiting physicians, nurses, and administrative staff involved in gastrointestinal endoscopy.

Keywords

Endoscopy Quality Improvement

Patient Safety

Endoscopy Unit Efficiency

Infection Control in Endoscopy

Doctor-Patient Communication

Quality Assurance Strategies

Bowel Preparation Guidelines

GI Endoscopy Procedures

Endoscopy Staff Ergonomics

Patient Satisfaction in Endoscopy