Quality improvement programme to achieve acceptable colonoscopy completion rates: prospective before and after study

AUTOR(ES)

Ball, Jennifer E

FONTE

BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

RESUMO

Problem A large audit of colonoscopy in the United Kingdom showed that the unadjusted completion rate was 57% when stringent criteria for identifying the caecum were applied. The caecum should be reached 90% of the time. Little information is available on what units or operators need to do to improve to acceptable levels.

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