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Quality control in colonoscopy: a Singapore perspective

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For quality control purposes, a computer based auditing system for colonoscopy has been developed in the Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. The first year's experience was reviewed to determine both workload patterns and the individual operators' performances. Colonoscopic completion rates, both as raw data and cusum transformations, were used as indices of quality control. The mean colonoscopic completion rate for the Unit was 97.0% and, when temporal trends were analysed by cusum, all operators consistently met or exceeded the minimum target completion rate of 90%.

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Pour la qualité des contrôles, un système de vérification computérisée pour colonoscopie a été developpé dans le départment de chirurgie colorectale de l'hôpital Général de Singapour. La première année d'expérience a été revue pour déterminer la charge de travail et les performances individuelles des opérateurs. Les taux de satisfaction colonoscopique, à la fois faits bruts et transformation cusum ont été utilisés comme indices de contrôle de qualité. Le taux moyen de satisfaction colonoscopique dans l'unité était de 97% et quant les tendances temporelles ont été utilisées par CUSUM tous les opérateurs ont atteints de façon constante ou dépassé le taux seuil minimum de satisfaction de 90%.

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Parry, B.R., Goh, H.S. Quality control in colonoscopy: a Singapore perspective. Int J Colorect Dis 8, 139–141 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341186

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