Studying and Incorporating Efficiency into Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Centers

Table 2

Reported endoscopy center benchmarks based on reported literature.

Operational benchmarks	Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)	Colonoscopy
On-time procedure start (%) [22, 23]	53.3–75.0	55.0–75.0
Preprocedure time (min) [22, 24]	6.0–20.9	3.0–22.3
Procedure duration (min) [22, 24–26]	3.0–31.1	14.0–42.0
Sedation time (min)
Moderate sedation [22, 24–27]	5.0–10.0	2.1–11.2
Propofol [27–29]	2.1–3.6	2.1
Room turnover time (min) [22, 24, 26, 30]	3.0–26.6	2.0–26.6
Recovery room time (min)
Moderate sedation [22, 24, 26, 27]	9.1–50.2	14.0–61.0
Propofol [26–28, 31, 32]	3.4–15.0	14.3–18.0
Endoscopist completing paperwork after procedure (min) [24]	2.0	3.0

Moderate sedation includes midazolam/fentanyl, midazolam/meperidine, and opioid alone.