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ou can tell a lot about an endoscopy center by looking
in an unlikely place: the waiting room. If you spot
patients wearing ID bands sitting in the waiting room
after the first few cases of the day, you can be pretty sure
that all the scopes and stretchers are in use, and that the
sole automated endoscope reprocessor is occupied, as is the only rest-
room. Yep, another case of GI gridlock caused by poor facility design
and not enough equipment.
For each of the 40 or so GI rooms I helped design and equip, and
guide through certification and accreditation, I kept the same goal in
Bunny Twiford, RN | Warminster, Pa.
How to Outfit for GI
5 design and equipment tips for efficient endo suites.
• SMART SCHEDULING Will this upper GI scope be free to use for the next scheduled case? That depends largely on how you
staggered your procedures.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
