David Nylander

Oct 10, 2023 | fg.bmj.com | David Nylander |John S Leeds |John Perry |Manjusha Narayanan

Discussion There have been suggestions that endoscopists are at minimal risk of facial contamination performing GI endoscopy procedures, so face shields are not required.8 A study comparing contamination of endoscopist face shields during upper GI endoscopy in patients in left lateral versus prone position showed greater contamination of face shields in the left lateral position, but contamination in the face shields was deemed not clinically meaningful.9 Our study is the first to investigate...