The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), a leading gastrointestinal medical society, recently awarded a three-year recognition for quality and safety to Evangelical Community Hospital’s Ambulatory Surgical Center. This recognition is part of its program specifically dedicated to promoting quality in endoscopy in all settings where it is practiced in the United States.
The Evangelical Ambulatory Surgical Center is one of more than 600 endoscopy units to be granted the recognition since 2009. The ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program honors endoscopy units that have demonstrated a commitment to patient safety and quality in endoscopy as evidenced by meeting the program’s rigorous criteria, which includes following the ASGE guidelines on privileging, quality assurance, endoscope reprocessing, infection control guidelines, and ensuring endoscopy staff competency.