Integrated medical-paramedical relationship in our endoscopy center

Our endoscopy center has 12 examination rooms, and 35 doctors and 17 nurses are working. Approximately 19,000 upper gastrointestinal endoscopies and 8,500 colonoscopyies are performed in a year. To improve the quality of the examinations and patients’ safety, our hospital got JCI (Joint Commission International) certificate in 2011 and it was updated in 2014. We perform all endoscopic activities with special attention to the followings. First, with regard to safety management, we assure the safety of not only patients, but also medical staffs. Second, regarding the efficiency of the examinations, arrangement of the nurses and the doctors are decided for each examination room in advance. In addition, doctors in charge of emergency examinations are decided beforehand. And third, regarding the quality assurance of endoscopic procedures, we provide regular study sessions for all medical staffs of our hospital. It is important for all endoscopic staffs to consider these three points. In this way, we can perform maximal endoscopic procedures efficiently and safely with a limited number of staffs.