Improving Quality and Safety in Your Endoscopy Unit

Improving Quality and Safety in Your Endoscopy Unit Course

Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program

Designed to promote discussion and provide a demonstration of methods to improve quality and safety in the endoscopy unit, this course serves as the foundation of the Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program.

The only national program honoring superior quality in endoscopy units as evidenced by a unit’s adoption of ASGE and CDC guidelines relative to privileging, quality assurance, endoscope reprocessing and infection control.

Open to all healthcare professionals interested in advancing their knowledge in endoscopy unit quality and safety.

Open to all settings where endoscopy is practiced and where at least 50% of the endoscopists are ASGE members.

Quality in gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy matters.

Translating quality concepts into practice can be

challenging, which is why ASGE has developed the

Improving Quality and Safety in Your Endoscopy Unit

course to educate physician and non-physician staff on

how to create a high-quality endoscopy unit. Through a

mix of didactic lecture and interactive sessions taught by

leading experts in the field, participants will gain a greater

understanding of endoscopy unit quality and safety.

Intended Audience Practicing gastrointestinal endoscopists and surgeons, medical directors, nurse managers, unit managers and allied professionals interested in advancing their knowledge in endoscopy unit quality and safety.

Units interested in applying for the ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program or renewing their ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Certificate are encouraged to send both a physician and a non-physician manager to the course. Program eligibility criteria require completion of this course by at least one unit representative within one year of the program application. To learn more about the ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program visit www.asge.org/quality/EURP.

ASGE Quality ProgramsASGE offers discount pricing on course registration to those units participating in the Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program. To learn more about the Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program, or about ASGE’s portfolio of quality-related programming, visit www.ASGE.org/quality.

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UPCOMING COUrses

JUNE 8, 2013 Philadelphia, PASEptEmbEr 19, 2013 Las Vegas, NVNOVEmbEr 15, 2013 ASGE IT&T, Downers Grove, IL

BECAUSE QUALITY IN ENDOSCOPY MATTERS

b E c a U S E Q U a l i t y i N E N d O S c O p y m at t E r S

UPCOMING COUrse Dates aND LOCatIONs

JUNE 8, 2013 Philadelphia, PA

SEptEmbEr 19, 2013 Las Vegas, NV

NOVEmbEr 15, 2013 ASGE IT&T Downers Grove, IL

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Learning Objectives At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

w Identify ways to define and measure quality in endoscopy.

w Describe techniques to make endoscopy more efficient while maintaining safety.

w Describe methods to improve patient satisfaction in endoscopy, including improved doctor-patient communication.

w Recognize the potential sources of infection from contact with various body fluids, their transmissibility during gastrointestinal endoscopy, and their susceptibility to potential disinfectants.

w Specify measures for improving unit quality, including training and credentialing for new procedures, quality assurance programs, sedation and monitoring, and unit accreditation and re-accreditation.

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June 8, 2013 Philadelphia, PA

September 19, 2013 Las Vegas, NV

November 15, 2013ASGE IT&T, Downers Grove, IL

Loews Philadelphia Hotel1200 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19107Tel: 215-627-1200Toll-free: 1-888-575-6397

JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort and Spa221 N. Rampart Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89145 Tel: 702-869-7777Toll-free: 1-800-582-2996

Doubletree Suites by Hilton Hotel2111 Butterfield Rd.Downers Grove, IL 60515Tel: 630-971-2000Toll-free: 1-800-445-8667

Reservations must be received on or before May 17, 2013, in order to get the group rate of $189 per night, plus applicable state and local taxes.

Reservations must be received on or before August 27, 2013, in order to get the group rate of $169 per night, plus applicable state and local taxes.

Reservations must be received on or before October 24, 2013, in order to get the group rate of $109 per night, plus applicable state and local taxes.

Continuing Medical Education

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ASGE designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Contact Hours

This educational activity has been submitted to the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc. for approval. The Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc. is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This course is supported, in part, by an educational grant from Olympus Corporation of the Americas.

Photography Waiver ASGE periodically takes photographs and/or video during our educational courses and events, and reproduces them in ASGE educational, news or promotional material, whether in print, electronic or other media, including the ASGE website. By participating in this course, you grant the right to use your name and photograph for such purposes to ASGE. All postings become the property of ASGE.

Hotel Reservations

ASGE courses have a history of selling out. It is recommended that you make your hotel reservations as soon as possible. However, you may want to wait to make your airline reservations until you receive confirmation of registration from ASGE.

Cancellation Policy

Requests for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the activity and will be subject to an administrative fee of $100. Attendee substitutions are permitted with ASGE authorization. ASGE has the right to cancel a program at any time at its discretion.

For more information about this program or upcoming ASGE educational courses, please visit www.asge.org, email [email protected] or call 630-573-0600.

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Course Registration

Choose one of four easy ways to register for the course:

1 Online at www.asge.org (only available for member and nonmember rates).

2 Fax this form with credit card information to (630) 573-0691.

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3 Call ASGE Customer Care at (630) 573-0600.

4 Mail this form and a check made payable to ASGE to the following address: ASGE, Dept. CH 16927, Palatine, IL 60055-6927.

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Industry representatives interested in attending this course must contact Linda kay Tyler, sales and business development director, at 630-570-5601 or [email protected]. In compliance with ACCME guidelines, industry representatives may not ask questions during a CME course.

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* Staff members from units currently recognized by the ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program are eligible for this rate.

* Staff members from units actively applying to the ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program are eligible for this rate. To register at this rate, a program application for your unit must be submitted along with the course registration form. If the program application is not received with the course registration, you will be charged the ASGE member or nonmember rate, based on your ASGE membership status.

* Registration is not available online for this rate. To register, please fax the registration form to (630) 573-0691, call ASGE Customer Care at (630) 573-0600 or mail registration form and check made payable to ASGE to the following address: ASGE, Dept. CH 16927, Palatine, IL 60055-6927.

If registering on or before early bird deadline If registering after early bird deadline

ASGE Member $400 $450

Nonmember $500 $550

Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program Participant* $325 $375

Course Registration Fees

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My unit is currently recognized in the EUR Program* My unit is initially applying to the EUR Program* My unit is interested in the EUR Program Not applicable

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Course Overview (7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.)

The content of the course is dynamic, addressing the fundamentals of quality and safe practice as well as emerging trends and evidence. As such, the detailed agenda for each course offering is subject to change. In addition to advancing their knowledge in endoscopy unit quality and safety, participants in this course will be prepared to apply for the ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program.

ASGE Excellence in Endoscopy ◗ The opening session addresses the fundamentals of

Quality and Safety and their specific application to endoscopy units. As a roadmap to establishing a high-quality endoscopy unit, the criteria of ASGE’s Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program are reviewed.

Defining and Measuring Quality: Part 1 ◗ Detailed information is conveyed about what constitutes

a high-quality endoscopy unit, including interactive discussions on measuring and comparing performance on quality and safety metrics and unit efficiency.

Networking Lunch with topical breakout sessions

Quality in Reprocessing and Infection Control ◗ Infection control is essential to maintaining the public’s

confidence in endoscopy. This session reviews in-depth the keys to patient safety which include: injection safety practices, scope processing, and contact/barrier protection.

Defining and Measuring Quality: Part 2 ◗ The course concludes with a session providing

participants with the knowledge they need to design, implement and sustain an excellent quality improvement program as well as strategies for successful accreditation and re-accreditation.

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Nonmember $500 $550

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Register online at

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Nonmember $500 $550

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