Weekend And Evening Planned Colonoscopy Activity - A Safe And Effective Way To Meet Demands

Aims Our aim was to investigate the quality of colonoscopies carried out during evening and Saturday lists in our unit and compare against JAG standards of quality for colonoscopies. Other factors that may affect the KPIs such as the endoscopists experience and bowel preparation were also analysed.

Methods We retrospectively collected and analysed demographical and procedure related data for non- screening colonoscopies performed between January 2016 and November 2018. Evenings and Saturdays were defined as out of hour period. We compared the outcomes of the procedures done in these against the working hours of the weekdays. We also wanted to explore if the outcomes were different among certain endoscopists.

Results There were a total of 17634 colonoscopies that were carried out, 56.9 % (n = 10041) of the patients were less than 70 years. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of weekdays, evening and Saturdays’ colonoscopies regarding the CIR and ADR met the JAG standards as both were above 93 % and 24 % respectively. Advanced colonoscopists had better KPIs when compared to the non-advanced colonoscopists with CIR at 97.6 % vs 93.2 % and ADR at 40.8 % vs 26 % respectively.

Conclusions JAG standards were maintained during colonoscopies done on weekdays, evening and Saturdays. Advanced colonoscopists had higher CIR and ADRs.

Citation Afify A, Abo-Elazm O, Thoufeeq M eP119 WEEKEND AND EVENING PLANNED COLONOSCOPY ACTIVITY - A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO MEET DEMANDS. Endoscopy 2021; 53: S135.

Publication History

Article published online:
19 March 2021