14 Colonoscopy Quality Indicators to Consider

Here are 14 quality indicators for colonoscopy as recommended by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy/American College of Gastroenterology Taskforce on Quality in Endoscopy.

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1.    Appropriate indication
2.    Properly obtained informed consent
3.    Use of recommended post-polypectomy and post-cancer resection surveillance intervals
4.    Use of recommended ulcerative colitis/Crohn’s disease surveillance intervals
5.    Documentation of quality of the preparation
6.    Cecal intubation rates
7.    Detection of adenomas in asymptomatic patients
8.    Withdrawal time
9.    Biopsy specimens obtained in patients with chronic diarrhea
10.    Number and distribution of biopsy samples in ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease patients
11.    Mucosally-based peduncluated polyps and sessile polyps: documentation of resection or inability to resect
12.    Measure of incidence of perforation by procedure type
13.    Measure of incidence of postpolypectomy bleeding
14.    Non-operative management of postpolypectomy bleeding

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