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If this doesn't give you pause, I don't know what will. Any scopes, including an endoscope, cannot be properly sterilized, and the 'disinfecting' process is not all that complete, either. "FDA Says It's Impossible to Completely Clean Dirty Scopes" nbcnews.com/health/heal… "Two recent studies underscore the threat: A paper published in Ma…
If this doesn't give you pause, I don't know what will. Any scopes, including an endoscope, cannot be properly sterilized, and the 'disinfecting' process is not all that complete, either.
"FDA Says It's Impossible to Completely Clean Dirty Scopes"
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-says-it-s-impossible-completely-clean-dirty-scopes-n404396
"Two recent studies underscore the threat: A paper published in March found that 71 percent of reusable medical scopes deemed ready for use on patients tested positive for bacteria at three major U.S. hospitals."
"Then a May study concluded that infection rates are far higher than previously believed after colonoscopies and upper GI endoscopies. For instance, the infection rate within seven days of a routine colonoscopy at an outpatient surgery center is roughly 1 in 1,000, the Johns Hopkins University study determined.
It was previously thought to be about 1 in a million."
https://californiahealthline.org/news/time-for-that-colonoscopy-probe-your-doc-first-on-how-the-scopes-are-cleaned/
These days ANY procedure done like this in a hospital or clinic type of setting like a gastrointestinal lab is fraught with all kinds of bad bacteria and infectious s**t…Fortunately I did my colonoscopy almost 4 years ago. And I’m not planning on doing it again. I decided on that right after I had my first ( and last one)…the ‘clean out’ part of it was so nasty that I sad no way again. (And this is from a person who has had many ‘colonic’ treatments over the years! They are nothing compared to a colonoscopy!