Medical Equipments Reviews

The staff of the Endoscopy Unit, Hospital Vega Baja has been a total of 4918 diagnostic techniques in 2009, representing an increase of 23% over the previous year, which made 3991 tests.

Endoscopic demand is growing and tending to increase its minimally invasive nature and the great amount of information it provides. It also enables accurate and efficient diagnosis while curative treatments.

Also, the endoscopy unit is equipped to perform a technique called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), which is recommended for diagnosis and treatment of certain diseases of the biliary tract and pancreas. Before his deployment was also carried out a great effort of organization and training section, carrying out some of its practitioners a training process that enabled their entry into the service portfolio.

Before the launch of this new technique for patients who needed it had to be moved to other hospitals. A total of 122 patients have been able to benefit from this new technique.

Increased patient safety
The Endoscopy Unit has significantly increased the safety of the patient undergoing the endoscopic procedure, reducing the inconvenience that may occur in patients undergoing surgery and improved the comfort of them. It also allowed us to increase the activity of the unit, with the consequent reduction of waiting time and the operation of this service which is adjacent to external queries.

The endoscopy area consists of a pre-sedation room, two rooms for gastrointestinal examinations and a room for endoscopic examination of breath. All are equipped with the latest technology, with towers high definition endoscopy. Moreover, integrating a sedation and recovery room consisting of four beds reserved for the recovery of patients treated, with complete equipment for surveillance monitoring of patients after anesthesia.

It also has a cleaning and disinfection module connected to the three endoscopy rooms, where they proceeded to a prompt and proper sterilization of equipment to expedite and other interventions.