Single-use (disposable) flexible bronchoscopes: The future of bronchoscopy?

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dc.contributor.authorBarron, Sarah P.
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Marcus P.
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-02T10:06:43Z
dc.date.available2022-02-02T10:06:43Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-17
dc.date.updated2022-02-02T09:58:17Z
dc.description.abstractThe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the importance of reducing occupational exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The reprocessing procedure for reusable flexible bronchoscopes (RFBs) involves multiple episodes of handling of equipment that has been used during an aerosol-generating procedure and thus is a potential source of transmission. Single-use flexible bronchoscopes (SUFBs) eliminate this source. Additionally, RFBs pose a risk of nosocomial infection transmission between patients with the identification of human proteins, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and pathogenic organisms on fully reprocessed bronchoscopes despite full adherence to the guidelines. Bronchoscopy units have been hugely impacted by the pandemic with restructuring of pre- and post-operative areas, altered patient protocols and the reassessment of air exchange and cleaning procedures. SUFBs can be incorporated into these protocols as a means of improving occupational safety. Most studies on the efficacy of SUFBs have occurred in an anaesthetic setting so it remains to be seen whether they will perform to an acceptable standard in complex respiratory procedures such as transbronchial biopsies and cryotherapy. Here, we outline their potential uses in a respiratory setting, both during and after the current pandemic.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationBarron, S. P., Kennedy, M. P. (2020) 'Single-use (disposable) flexible bronchoscopes: The future of bronchoscopy?', Advances In Therapy, 37, pp. 4538-4548. doi: 10.1007/s12325-020-01495-8en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12325-020-01495-8en
dc.identifier.eissn1865-8652
dc.identifier.endpage4548en
dc.identifier.issn0741-238X
dc.identifier.journaltitleAdvances In Therapyen
dc.identifier.startpage4538en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/12517
dc.identifier.volume37en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Nature Switzerland AGen
dc.rights© 2020, the Authors. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits any non-commercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectDisposable bronchoscopeen
dc.subjectSingle-use flexible bronchoscopeen
dc.subjectPandemicen
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2en
dc.titleSingle-use (disposable) flexible bronchoscopes: The future of bronchoscopy?en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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