Guidance for the implementation of a safety checklist for gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates (ESGENA) Position Statement

Ian M. Gralnek; Raf Bisschops; Manmeet Matharoo; Matthew Rutter; Andrew Veitch; Peter Meier; Ulrike Beilenhoff; Cesare Hassan; Mario Dinis-Ribeiro; Helmut Messmann

doi:10.1055/a-1695-3244

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2022; 54(02): 206-210
DOI: 10.1055/a-1695-3244

Position Statement

Guidance for the implementation of a safety checklist for gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates (ESGENA) Position Statement

Ian M. Gralnek

¹Ellen and Pinchas Mamber Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

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Raf Bisschops

²Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), TARGID, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Manmeet Matharoo

³Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St. Mark’s Hospital, London, UK

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Matthew Rutter

⁴North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, Stockton-on-Tees, UK

⁵Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK

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Andrew Veitch

⁶Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

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Peter Meier

⁷Med. Klinik II, Diakovere Henriettenstift, Klinik für Enterologie, Hannover, Germany

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Ulrike Beilenhoff

⁸Ulm, Germany

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Cesare Hassan

⁹Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy

¹⁰Endoscopy Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy

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Mario Dinis-Ribeiro

¹¹Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center (Porto.CCC) & RISE@CI-IPOP (Health Research Network), Porto, Portugal

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Helmut Messmann

¹²III. Medizinischen Klinik, Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

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