Factors associated with flexible cystoscope longevity: an analysis of supplier and health service datasets.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the associations between how reusable flexible cystoscopes (FCs) are managed during their functioning lifetime and their longevity.

Patients and methods

This was an exploratory retrospective analysis of administrative data collected by a medical supplies company (KARL STORZ Endoscopy (UK) Ltd) on FC usage linked at a National Health Service (NHS) hospital trust level to data from NHS England's Hospital Episodes Statistics dataset on the number of FCs performed each year in the NHS in England. Number of uses before failure (defined as user-determined need for FC return to the supplier) were analysed descriptively and using a negative binomial regression model.

Results

Data were available for 1918 FCs across 70 hospitals. The median (interquart

SUBMITTER: John JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12907773 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature