GI societies reject 2021 revisions to endoscope processing

Gastrointestinal societies voted not to support the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s 2021 revisions to the standards of endoscope processing in health care facilities, according to a published joint statement.
The revisions to ST91 made by the AAMI and the American National Standards Institute include updated guidelines for cleaning, packaging, storing, disinfecting and sterilizing flexible and semi-rigid GI endoscopes.
“Our societies appreciated the opportunity to provide our perspectives as clinicians and end-users to the revision of ST91,” ASGE

Gastrointestinal societies voted not to support the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s 2021 revisions to the standards of endoscope processing in health care facilities, according to a published joint statement.
The revisions to ST91 made by the AAMI and the American National Standards Institute include updated guidelines for cleaning, packaging, storing, disinfecting and sterilizing flexible and semi-rigid GI endoscopes.
“Our societies appreciated the opportunity to provide our perspectives as clinicians and end-users to the revision of ST91,” ASGE