Studying and Incorporating Efficiency into Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Centers

Table 3

Reported endoscopy center benchmarks based on expert opinion.

Productivity benchmarks
Number of procedures/room/day [33]	14–16
Number of patients/room/half-day	6
Personnel/staff benchmarks
Number of physicians/room	1
Number of nurses/room [34]	1.5–2
Number of reprocessors per center	1-2
Equipment benchmarks
Number of endoscopes: endoscopy room	2 upper endoscopes and 2 colonoscopes: procedure room
Mean time of reprocessing endoscopes (min)	30
Number of automatic endoscope reprocessors: procedure rooms [35]	1.5–2: 1
Facility benchmarks
Size of endoscopy room [34]	220/300 square feet
Number of recovery beds: procedure room [35, 36]	2-3: 1
Number of preprocedure beds: procedure room [35, 36]	2: 1