Review Article
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 |
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