Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “However, the potential for reduced contamination of these novel duodenoscopes remains unproven, and their ...

Use of duodenoscopes with disposable elevator caps during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) led to lower rates of contamination following high-level disinfection compared with ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the first duodenoscope with a disposable, single-use distal cap, which will make it easier to decontaminate the device and thereby reduce the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pentax Medical announced it has launched a new duodenoscope with a disposable distal cap. The C.A.P. HD ...

Pentax’s new duodenoscope comes with a cap that can be removed to help hospitals clean hard-to-reach areas that can harbor dangerous bacteria. (Courtesy of Pentax Medical) Stories that are breaking ...

Surgeon's caps that expose small amounts of the ears and hair are not inferior to the bouffant-style, disposable scrub hats that cover those features, one of the first studies testing the ...

One of the first studies testing the effectiveness of different operating room (OR) head coverings in preventing airborne contamination has found that surgeon’s caps that expose small amounts of the ...

SAN DIEGO: One of the first studies testing the effectiveness of different operating room (OR) head coverings in preventing airborne contamination has found that surgeon's caps that expose small ...