ID: 3517600 ENDOSCOPISTS WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE COMPARE A SINGLE-USE DUODENOSCOPE TO A REUSABLE DUODENOSCOPE IN A RANDOMIZED BENCH STUDY

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) outbreaks associated with duodenoscope use in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) have been documented internationally. These significantly contributed to the interest to develop single-use duodenoscopes in an effort to decrease the risk of exogenous infection exposure during ERCP. The first single-use duodenoscope was cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2019. Expert endoscopists...