Introduction of the quality management program in endoscopy unit

Introduction: The measurement of the quality of the endoscopic procedures is a key issue to provide proper healthcare in Western countries. Quality assurance in endoscopy does not exist in Hungary, at all. Our aim was to initiate such a project prospectively in our department. We chose colonoscopy to be the first intervention to evaluate, because it is done by all 14 doctors performing endoscopy in our endoscopy unit. We discussed the potential quality indicators in colonoscopy according to the ASGE recommendations and decided to use the followings: We changed our informed consent, started to evaluate cleansing…