Register Now for Oct. 3 FDA Webinar on Safe Duodenoscope Reprocessing

A free FDA webinar on Oct. 3 from 1 to 2 p.m. ET will provide background for health care professionals interested in participating in a study to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of duodenoscope manufacturers’ reprocessing instructions. Duodenoscopes, which are flexible, lighted tubes threaded through the mouth, throat and stomach, are used to drain fluids from pancreatic and biliary ducts. The FDA's ongoing study is intended to support a partnership between the FDA and manufacturers to address the public health concern of infections associated with contaminated scopes. The webinar is open to nurses, risk managers, infection control practitioners, physicians, surgeons and other professionals from health care facilities that perform endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography procedures. To register, email medsun@fda.hhs.gov and include “Attention 10/3 Webinar - C,” in the subject line. Please include your name, position or title, email address and phone number. Webinar registrations will be confirmed by email. Questions about continuing education credit may also be emailed to medsun@fda.hhs.gov. Access more information about the FDA’s MedSun network, which is sponsoring the webinar.