Scope type | Equipment | Maintenance and shortages | Age | |||
Number per service | Does equipment shortage ever interfere with operation or service delivery? | Is there a service and maintenance contract? | Is there a lease agreement? | % of equipment over 10 years old | Number of new equipment purchased/provided in past 3 years | |
Median (IQR) | % of services responding ‘yes’ | Mean±SD | ||||
OGD | 11 (5–22) | 11.6% | 98.7% | 26.6% | 16.8%±27.2% | 4.9±7.0 |
Colonoscope | 10 (5–22) | 13.1% | 97.4% | 28.2% | 14.6%±25.4% | 5.1±7.2 |
ERCP | 2 (0–4) | 12.9% | 98.1% | 28.4% | 11.4%±24.3% | 0.8±1.6 |
EUS | 0 (0–2) | 27.2% | 97.8% | 32.6% | 4.0%±16.2% | 0.6±1.5 |
Endoscopy stack system | 3 (1–6) | 11.5% | 96.0% | 25.2% | 6.8%±20.8% | 1.5±2.1 |
3D imaging systems | 2 (1–4) | 14.5% | 95.1% | 24.7% | 3.1%±13.7% | 1.1±1.7 |
Other | 0 (0–4) | 14.3% | 90.1% | 29.1% | 4.6%±18.6% | 1.1±3.4 |
Total numbers of equipment per service, maintenance and shortage information and age of scopes.
ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS, endoscopic ultrasound; OGD, oesophagogastroduodenoscopy.