GUIDELINES

ESGENA closely co-operates with its medical counterpart, ESGE, in the production of guidelines for practice and in educational events. Furthermore, please find enclosed also national guidelines which are of interest for European nurses.

Guidelines on the following subjects are enclosed:
Sedation
Hygiene
Procedure related guidelines
Quality assurance
 
SEDATION:
 

ESGE-ESGENA-ESA guideline: Non-anesthesiologist administration of propofol for GI endoscopy
Endoscopy 2010; 42: 960-974

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German-S3 Guideline: Sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy 2008
Endoscopy 2009; 41: 787-815

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HYGIENE & INFECTION CONTROL:
 

ESGE-ESGENA guideline: Cleaning and disinfection in gastrointestinal endoscopy - Update 2008
Source: Endoscopy. 2008; 40: 939-957

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ESGE/ESGENA guideline for process validation and routine testing for reprocessing endoscopes in washer-disinfectors
Source: Endoscopy 2007; 39: 85-94

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ESGE/ESGENA guideline for quality assurance in reprocessing: Microbiological surveillance testing in endoscopy
Source: Endoscopy 2007; 39: 175-181

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ESGE Guideline for Quality Control of Endoscope Service and Repair (2004)
Source: Endoscopy. 2004 Oct;36(10):921-3

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ESGE/ESGENA Technical Note on Cleaning and Disinfection (2003)
Source: Endoscopy 2003; 35: 869 - 877

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Cleaning and Disinfection in Europe according to the Endoscopic Societies' Guidelines (2003)
Source: Endoscopy 2003; 35: 878 - 881

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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease and Endoscopy (2001)
Source: Endoscopy 2001; 33: 1070 - 1080

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ESGE Recommendations for Quality Control in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (2001)
Source: Endoscopy 2001; 33: 901 - 903

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Check List for Purchase of Washer Disinfectors for Flexible Endoscopes

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PROCEDURE RELATED GUIDELINES:
 

ESGE Guideline: The use of electrosurgical units
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0030-1255594, (Published ahead of print)

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ESGE Guideline: Prophylaxis of post-ERCP pancreatitis
Endoscopy 2010:42- 503 - 515

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ESGE Guideline: Recommendations (2009) on clinical use of video capsule endoscopy to investigate small-bowel, esophageal and colonic diseases
Endoscopy 2010; 42: 220-227

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ESGE Guideline: flexible enteroscopy for diagnosis and treatment of small-bowel diseases
Endoscopy. 2008; 40: 609-618

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ESGE Guideline: Ethical issues in endoscopy: patient satisfaction, safety in elderly patients, palliation, and relations with industry
Endoscopy. 2007; 39: 556-565

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Video capsule endoscopy: Update to guidelines (May 2006)
Endoscopy 2006; 38: 1047-1053

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Endoscopic Ultrasonography, Part II: Retroperitoneum and Large Bowel, Training

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Endoscopic Ultrasonography, Part I: Technique and Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

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Antibiotic Prophylaxis For Gastroinenstinal Endoscopy
Endoscopy. 1998 Mar;30(3):318-24

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QUALITY ASSURANCE:
 

ESGE Recommendations for Quality Control in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Guidelines for Image Documentation in Upper and Lower GI Endoscopy (2001)
Endoscopy. 2001; 33: 901 - 903

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