ASGE Recognizes 27 Endoscopy Units for Quality and Safety

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy's Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program gave 27 endoscopy units a certificate of recognition for meeting ASGE guidelines on privileging, quality assurance, endoscope reprocessing and CDC infection control guidelines as well as completing an ASGE educational course, according to a news release.

The 27 units join more than 400 that have already been recognized by the program. The certificate of recognition award is granted for a three-year period and is renewable.  

The full list is as follows:
Annie Penn Endoscopy Center (Reidsville, N.C.)
Central Bucks Specialists  (Doylestown, Penn.)
Clarkston Surgery Center (Clarkston, Mic.)
Community Medical Center Endoscopy Lab (Missoula, Mont.)
Doctor's Surgery Center at Huguley-Endoscopy Department (Burleson, Texas)
Doheny Endosurgical Center (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Endoscopy Suite St. Mary's Medical Center (Evansville, Ind.)
Firelands Regional Medical Center (Sandusky, Ohio)
Gastroenterology Center of Virginia (Reston, Va.)
Hunterdon Endosurgery Center (Flemington, N.J).
Lowell General Hospital Endoscopy Unit (Lowell, Mass.)
Metro West Medical Center Farmingham Campus (Framingham, Mass.)
Metro West Medical Center Natick Campus (Natick, Mass.)
Mission Regional Medical Center (Mission, Texas)
Northside Park Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Center (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
Pacific Endoscopy and Surgery Center (Fountain Valley, Calif.)
Riverside Williamsburg Gastroenterology (Williamsburg, Va.)
Scripps Health/SGH (LaJolla, Calif.)
Southern Illinois GI Specialists (Carbondale, Ill.)
Southwest Endoscopy Center (Durango, Colo.)
Taylor Station Surgical Center (Columbus, Ohio)
The Endoscopy Unit at Crozer-Chester Medical Center (Upland, Penn).
Three Rivers Endoscopy Center (Moon Township, Penn.)
University of Wisconsin Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology- Madison Surgery Center (Madison, Wis.)
University of Wisconsin Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology-UWHC Ambulatory Procedure Center (Madison, Wis.)
Western Washington Medical Group, The Endoscopy Center (Everett, Wash.)
Woodland Surgery Center (Woodland, Calif.)

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