A cost and performance evaluation of disposable and reusable biopsy forceps in GI endoscopy

Performance and Cost of Disposable Biopsy Forceps in Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Comparison with Reusable Biopsy Forceps

“…Reusable biopsy forceps require a significant cost for reprocessing, which might be influenced by multiple factors such as the number of biopsy, expendables, method of sterilization, labor cost and method of calculation. In this study, the ethylene oxide gas sterilization accounted the largest portion of the reprocessing cost, which is also the case for a previous study 9. In addition, the work load of biopsy forceps reprocessing for the washing staff accounted for about 15% of the total work load, suggesting that disposable biopsy forceps might lower some of the labor cost.…”

“…The previous studies using similar method for cost analysis reported higher ($11.77 and $16.56) reprocessing cost per use 8,9. Another studies analyzing annual total cost reported $3.25 and $4.39 for reprocessing cost per use 10,11.…”

Endoscopic, Biopsy, and Histopathologic Guidelines for the Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Inflammation in Companion Animals

“…Good tissue quality is as important as good endoscopic technique because poor‐quality tissue samples may not be interpretable by microscopy. There are many objective studies and recommendations regarding optimal technique and technology for endoscopic biopsy of the human gastrointestinal tract, 55–59 but similar data are not as readily available for the dog and cat. Some generalizations may be made 60–62 .…”

Comparison of Sterilization of Reusable Endoscopic Biopsy Forceps by Autoclaving and Ethylene Oxide Gas

“…Estimates of the number of uses reasonable for reusable forceps vary from 10 to 100 [15,[26][27][28][29]. Deprez et al [26] calculated the total purchase and reprocessing costs for reusable biopsy forceps to be 25% of those for disposable devices.…”