ID: 3520553 A SINGLE-USE DUODENOSCOPE FOR ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY PERFORMED BY ENDOSCOPISTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE

Outbreaks of duodenoscope-associated multidrug-resistant organisms associated with patient-to-patient cross-contamination have been documented internationally, even after appropriately implemented reprocessing procedures. To enhance safety, the US Food and Drug Administration cleared the first single-use duodenoscope for marketing in December 2019. After a previous case series in which expert endoscopists completed 60 ERCPs, the current study...