“Did you know that Endoscopes hide a lot more secrets than you thought you knew about?”
Our platform continues growing and withan ever increasing number of users in our system we were able to conclude some interesting occurrences that were noticed by observing and developing our platform.
Some of these facts may seem quite expected, but others will probably take you by surprise.
“Be ready endoscope handler, you may recognize yourself in some of these facts.”
In this blog we will enlist 10 amazing facts about endoscopes that we found with our platform – endoscopemanager.com.
With no further ado, let’s get into action!
- More than 3 Million tests were done all around the world with Dovideq systems.
This is good news for patients. We found that more and more endoscopes are being tested and this can only mean that compliance is rising while the chance of risks in the OR fall. The current, unreliable method of endoscope testing can only be influenced by determined people, governments and institutions and it looks like the scales are slowly shifting.
- The 8 biggest brands constitute 90% of these tests. 155 brands are the other 10%.
As follows, larger companies usually have a very high reputation; they also have cosmic amounts of capital that can be solely invested in improving their marketing. This usually results in the biggest companies being most popular and through that influence more buyers go for their products.
- Of all tests that were done, almost 50% were "in danger" or "failed".
Did you know that fact? We bet not. Human eye can’t detect a large amount of the problems that an endoscope may have. This is why, after performing millions of tests we can safely state that if an endoscope has not been tested properly (with the help of a device) the patient will most probably be exposed to a health threatening risk - the chance, as follows, is 50/50.
- Nearly 80% of defects are not seen by humans before operation started.
As mentioned earlier, the majority of endoscope defects can’t be detected by testing the devices only through human examination. The defects may be microscopic and will not be detected unless they continue growing with time and endanger a few patients. To ensure patient safety we suggest that all endoscope handlers test their endoscopes with a designated device.
Endoscopemanager.com contains references of more than 150 scope brands, consisting of 1.600 scope types, based on 50.000 individual scopes.
With our determination to improve the medical quality standards we have partnered with endoscope handlers from all over the world. By growing our network we have created a database unlike no other. Such database can aid in establishing statistic information that was never exposed nor considered before.
- Endoscopemanager.com allows you to directly share your test data with your repair partner for efficient scope exchange or repair.
By growing our database and continuously improving, we developed our platform to allow you to automatically set repair/exchange request to your repair center which leads to smaller time gaps, efficient repair process and fast replacement.
- Around 73 % of clients use a Dovideq validation scope on a regular basis to check the stability of the product and comply with their ISO requirements.
More and more endoscope users improve their testing standards by ensuring that their device is viable for reuse through testing it properly. By properly, we mean with the help of a specialized device and not just by taking a closer look at it.
- There is a significant difference in measured parameter values between different brands.
It is widely know that reputation doesn't always mean quality, but through our platform this can be confirmed. Endoscope quality highly depends on the company that produces it. In this industry the brands with highest reputation not always deliver the best product and this can be clearly seen in our platform.
- Not all brands provide consistent quality. Your endoscope can vary in quality from the same brand and type. Even when they're new!
There are brands that are consistent, but there are these that are not. A brand may produce the same type of endoscope, but different units will always have varying quality values. This is because endoscopes have numerous small, but important parts that if not properly placed may influence the quality of a unit. A small defect in a new part will also drastically decrease the quality of a device. Endoscopes are instruments of precision, and if not manufactured with the same, will prove to be problematic.
- There are around 1.600 types of endoscopes on our platform, currently. New ones are added on a weekly basis.
Our community of users continues growing as the new EU MDR comes into action. Many more organizations, institutions and individuals started using our platform as they have realized how important is to properly test your endoscopes.
With that last fact, we want to finish the 10 amazing facts that we found with our endoscopemanager.com platform. We hope that you learned something new and interesting along the way and that you were able to draw your own conclusions too.
