Each month the Co-Editors-in-Chief Dr. Jasmohan Bajaj and Dr. Millie Long interview authors of clinically relevant articles published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology (AJG). A must-listen for any practicing gastroenterologist.
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Which CRE Prevention Strategy for ERCP Endoscopes Is Most Cost-Effective?
Christopher Almario, MD, MSHPM, co-author of a recent article examining the cost-effectiveness of various approaches for preventing transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) through ERCP endoscopes, discusses the genesis of the study and the finding that newly issued FDA recommendations for endoscope reprocessing were most cost-effective compared to the other approaches studied. Dr. Almario explains why a “do nothing strategy” was not included in the model, and addresses other underlying assumptions of the analysis. (20:39)