Best Single Use Endoscopy Podcasts (2024)

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A Day in the Life of an ENT Resident 21:08

2y ago21:08

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Dr. Wesley Stepp is a resident at the University of North Carolina’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. UNC is a national leader in training the next generation of ear, nose and throat surgeons and Dr. Stepp brings an interesting perspective to this kind of work. Not just because his first exposure to otolaryngology was having sinu…

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Comparing Single-Use and Reusable Bronchoscopes for Interventional Pulmonology 20:56

2y ago20:56

20:56

The conventional wisdom in interventional pulmonology has long been that reusable bronchoscopes perform better than their single-use counterparts, but new research counters that thinking. A recent study, part of a poster presentation at the World Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (WCBIP) 2022 in Marseille, France, found that t…

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Navigating Career Paths and Challenges in Flexible Endoscopy 15:10

2y ago15:10

15:10

Dr. Marybeth Spanarkel describes GI endoscopy as a labor of love. You can hear the passion in her voice when she talks about performing a procedure and the gratification that comes from getting an immediate medical answer to the clinical question that’s being asked. Spanarkel, however, suffered a career-ending neck injury after 28 years in private …

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Right Pocket, Left Pocket: Achieving Buy-In for Single-Use 23:03

2y ago23:03

23:03

Healthcare staff shortages, while not new, have spawned a world today where it can take five hours to get an X-ray for a dislocated elbow and another two to get pain medication for the injury. Ambulances sometimes wait eight hours to drop off a patient, and nurses work 12- to 16-hour shifts, without a break. About 400,000 healthcare workers have le…

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Leading with Value to the Patient 12:21

2y ago12:21

12:21

Medical device suppliers and group purchasing organizations are teaming to bring new healthcare innovations such as single-use endoscopes to hospitals and health systems. By creating specific single-use endoscope categories for their members, these healthcare improvement companies can help accelerate the transition from reusable devices to disposab…

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Calculating the Total Cost of Care 17:58

2y ago17:58

17:58

Transitioning from reusable to single-use endoscopes has obvious infection control benefits and even provides workflow and efficiency advantages — but the financial implications are usually one of the biggest hurdles to implementation. That’s why it’s important to explore all the variables that go into achieving cost savings with single-use devices…

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How Effective is Flexible Ureteroscope Reprocessing? 9:22

2y ago9:22

9:22

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a letter to healthcare providers in April 2021 announcing its investigation into numerous medical device reports involving reprocessed urological endoscopes, Dr. Seth Bechis and his colleagues set out to learn more about reprocessing and its effectiveness. They focused on flexible ureteroscopes in…

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Becoming a Next-Gen Urologist 14:45

2y ago14:45

14:45

Matthew Katz was at Weill Cornell Medicine when a chance digital encounter ended up steering him into urology. “If you had asked me what a urologist did before medical school I probably wouldn’t have been able to answer the question,” he told me self-deprecatingly when we chatted at the American Urological Association’s annual conference in New Orl…

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Mentoring and Empowering Women in Endoscopy, Part 2 16:10

2y ago16:10

16:10

Empowering women in endoscopy is something Dr. Arthi Sanjeevi is clearly passionate about. It shows in her work mentoring young gastroenterologists and in the way she tackles gender-related challenges in the field. In this conversation, Dr. Sanjeevi discusses what’s missing when it comes to empowering women in gastroenterology, and what still needs…

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Mentoring and Empowering Women in Endoscopy 15:04

2y ago15:04

15:04

Dr. Arthi Sanjeevi remembers a fellowship during her residency, when a mentor played a key role in helping guide her career path. Seeing her passion for therapeutic endoscopy — and her ability to perform the complex procedures — he gave Sanjeevi the push she needed. Dr. Sanjeevi does the same today for the residents she mentors. This is particularl…

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The State of Bladder Cancer Awareness and Research 12:03

2+ y ago12:03

12:03

May was Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, so we wanted to share a conversation with Dr. Yair Lotan on the state of bladder cancer awareness and research, his work with the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, and some of the advancements in bladder cancer research that most excite him. Dr. Lotan is a urology professor and chief of urologic oncology at Un…

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Study Probes FDA Adverse Event Data Tied to Flexible Endoscopes 28:34

2+ y ago28:34

28:34

A comprehensive review and analysis of adverse event reports involving flexible endoscopes filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows a marked increase for six types of scopes from 2014 through 2021. The analysis was undertaken by Dr. Larry Muscarella, president of LFM Healthcare Solutions and an independent safety expert who advises ho…

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How Single-Use Cystoscopes Solved Continuation of Care Challenges from Major Floods 15:14

2+ y ago15:14

15:14

A storm dumped three to five inches of rain in the Detroit metro area one day in June 2021, and a major flood forced a Michigan urology clinic to close. Urologists with Henry Ford Health System were forced to quickly pivot and take all their patients coming in for clinic appointments and procedures and push them to a downtown Detroit campus. Single…

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The Economics of Cystoscopy 15:21

2+ y ago15:21

15:21

A micro-cost analysis published in Urology broke down per-procedural costs for cystoscopy and explored how single-use cystoscopes might provide a cost-effective option for providers. One of the authors of that study, Dr. Yair Lotan, is our guest on the newest episode of Endoscopy Insights and he walks us through his findings. Factors such as capita…

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Let’s Talk About Efficiency in Flexible Endoscopy 12:32

2+ y ago12:32

12:32

Improving workflows to better meet your patients where they are — whether they find themselves in an ICU bed or at a satellite clinic — is something all patients and providers can be happy about. As we learn from two clinicians in this episode, when they have equipment that is portable, easily deployed, and does not require sterilization between us…

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Ergonomics Challenges in GI Endoscopy 21:51

2+ y ago21:51

21:51

Dr. Marybeth Spanarkel loved the “immediate gratification” in performing a colonoscopy or upper GI endoscopy and getting an immediate answer to a medical question. Unfortunately, she had to step away from the field after 28 years in private practice in Durham, North Carolina, after a career-ending neck injury that caused sudden paralysis in her rig…

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Study: Single-Use Bronchoscope Can Reduce Readmission Rates, Infection Risk 15:07

3y ago15:07

15:07

Hospitals that perform bronchoscopies can reduce readmission rates by over half, and potentially lower costs, by adopting single-use flexible bronchoscopes. That’s according to a new abstract that was submitted and presented at the recently completed CHEST 2021 annual meeting. The study examined the health outcomes of more than 14,000 patients who …

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The Evolution of Single-Use Urologic Endoscopy 17:36

3y ago17:36

17:36

A recent study conducted at Duke University Hospital and published in the Journal of Endourology found that a new single-use cystoscope demonstrated superior flexion and comparable optics to the reusable scopes already being used in a hospital urology department. Dr. Michael Lipkin, a urologist in Durham, North Carolina, and one of the study’s auth…

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Best Practices in Endoscope Reprocessing 19:51

3y ago19:51

19:51

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration revealed in a letter to healthcare providers that it’s investigating numerous medical device reports describing patient infections and other possible contamination issues potentially associated with reprocessed urological endoscopes. Dr. Larry Muscarella delves into more detail on reprocessing best practices an…

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FDA Investigating Reports of Infections Associated with Reprocessed Urological Endoscopes 13:37

3y ago13:37

13:37

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating “numerous” medical device reports (MDRs) describing patient infections and other possible contamination issues possibly associated with reprocessed urological endoscopes. Dr. Larry Muscarella, an independent safety expert who advises hospitals, manufacturers and the public about medical device …

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The FDA’s Safety Communication Update for Reprocessing Bronchoscopes 18:03

3y ago18:03

18:03

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently updated a safety communication on reprocessing flexible bronchoscopes. In that update, the FDA recommends, among other things, that healthcare providers consider using single-use bronchoscopes when there is increased risk of spreading infection and when treating COVID-19 patients. To break down this an…

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Infection Control Risks and Endoscopy 20:52

3y ago20:52

20:52

What are the challenges, and potential missteps, when it comes to reprocessing bronchoscopes, GI endoscopes and ureteroscopes? How have guidelines and standards evolved? And how has COVID-19 flipped the script when it comes to pursuing evidence-based strategies to eliminate infections related to endoscopes? We explore these questions and more with …

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A Day in the Life of an ENT Resident 21:08

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Comparing Single-Use and Reusable Bronchoscopes for Interventional Pulmonology 20:56

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Navigating Career Paths and Challenges in Flexible Endoscopy 15:10

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Right Pocket, Left Pocket: Achieving Buy-In for Single-Use 23:03

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Leading with Value to the Patient 12:21

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Calculating the Total Cost of Care 17:58

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How Effective is Flexible Ureteroscope Reprocessing? 9:22

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Becoming a Next-Gen Urologist 14:45

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Mentoring and Empowering Women in Endoscopy, Part 2 16:10

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Mentoring and Empowering Women in Endoscopy 15:04

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The State of Bladder Cancer Awareness and Research 12:03

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Study Probes FDA Adverse Event Data Tied to Flexible Endoscopes 28:34

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How Single-Use Cystoscopes Solved Continuation of Care Challenges from Major Floods 15:14

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The Economics of Cystoscopy 15:21

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Let’s Talk About Efficiency in Flexible Endoscopy 12:32

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Ergonomics Challenges in GI Endoscopy 21:51

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Study: Single-Use Bronchoscope Can Reduce Readmission Rates, Infection Risk 15:07

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The Evolution of Single-Use Urologic Endoscopy 17:36

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Best Practices in Endoscope Reprocessing 19:51

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FDA Investigating Reports of Infections Associated with Reprocessed Urological Endoscopes 13:37

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The FDA’s Safety Communication Update for Reprocessing Bronchoscopes 18:03

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Infection Control Risks and Endoscopy 20:52

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