Factors associated with damages and repair costs of reusable flexible bronchoscopes in pediatrics in China [PDF]
BMC PediatricsBackground Frequent repairs of pediatric flexible bronchoscopes can lead to a huge financial burden for the hospital. This study aimed to investigate the common causes of the failures in pediatric flexible bronchoscopes and propose the measures to ...
Ruixue Hu +8 more
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BMC Anesthesiology, 2022 Background Apart from conventional reusable bronchoscopes, single-use bronchoscopes (SUB) were recently introduced. Data suggest that SUB might prevent from the risk of cross contamination (i.e. multiresistant pathogens, SARS CoV-2) and save costs.
Pischtaz Adel Tariparast +4 more
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Single-Use and Reusable Flexible Bronchoscopes in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Diagnostics, 2022 Flexible bronchoscopy plays a critical role in both diagnostic and therapeutic management of a variety of pulmonary disorders in the bronchoscopy suite and the intensive care unit.
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Single-use vs. reusable flexible bronchoscopes for airway management and in critical care: a narrative review. [PDF]
AnaesthesiaSummary Introduction Flexible bronchoscopes have become essential in the operating theatre environment and in critical care. This narrative review compared single‐use and reusable flexible bronchoscopes with a focus on safety, efficacy, cost ...
Boyd S, Murphy CJ, Snyman L.
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Systematic Review and Cost-Consequence Analysis of Ambu aScope 5 Broncho Compared with Reusable Flexible Bronchoscopes: Insights from Two US University Hospitals and an Academic Institution. [PDF]
Pharmacoecon Open, 2023 Objective The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review, meta-analysis and cost-consequence analysis of the single-use bronchoscope, Ambu aScope^TM 5 Broncho, in relation to reusable flexible bronchoscopes (RFB) available within three high ...
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Adoption of Improved Reprocessing Decreased Microbiological Non-Compliance for Bronchoscopes. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Background: In the past few decades, the inadequate reprocessing of bronchoscopes has been associated with several serious outbreaks caused by multidrug-resistant microorganisms.
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Combining three‐dimensional fluoroscopy guide system with single‐use bronchoscopes for diagnosis of peripheral lesions: First two cases [PDF]
Respirology Case Reports, 2023 Pulmonary Peripheral Lesions (PPLs) diagnosis is usually performed using a guidance system in combination with bronchoscopes and diagnostic tools. We report two cases of PPLs sampling procedures combining the use of the single‐use bronchoscope Ambu ...
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Single-use flexible bronchoscopes vs traditional reusable flexible bronchoscopes: a prospective controlled study [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023 Background Single-use flexible bronchoscopes(SFB) eliminate the risk of bronchoscopy-related infection compared with traditional reusable flexible bronchoscopes(RFB).
Shuzhen He +3 more
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Critical Care, 2020 We would like to describe the numerous advantages of single-use bronchoscopes over conventional bronchoscopes especially during the COVID pandemic. Recently, Zaidi et al.
Patrick M. Honore +6 more
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International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2016 The use of bronchoscopes has increased in tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics to circumvent the diagnostic challenges that are associated with low sputum volume and smear-negative TB.
Dania Khalid Saeed +3 more
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