iLearning Recorded Webinar
Ensuring Patient Safety
with Endoscopic Tattooing
Overview
Endoscopic marking, first described in 1975, is used to assist in operative localization and to facilitate identification of subtle mucosal lesions. It is rapidly gaining attention for its use in the GI Suite This faculty-directed continuing education activity will provide information on the role of endoscopic tattoo in patient safety. Enhanced visualization, preoperative lesion localization and prevention of wrong site surgery will all contribute to patient safety.
This CNE activity is intended primarily for RNs with a responsibility for or an interest in endoscopic tattoo, particularly in the endoscopy or perioperative suite. The presentation will also be of interest to allied healthcare personnel and MDs involved in those areas.
Upon completion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Describe advantages and disadvantages of endoscopic tattooing as a marking tool in GI Endoscopy
- Describe indications for endoscopic tattooing in the GI tract
- Discuss the impact of endoscopic tattooing on wrong site surgery reduction
Participants will complete the recorded webinar learning activity. They will view the presentation, then register to complete the evaluation and take the post-test on the website. They will submit the documentation as directed. A bibliographic reference is included for those wishing additional information.
Upon successful completion of the entire online program and submission of required documentation, participants will be granted 1 contact hour. No partial credit will be granted.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 08747, the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Provider Number 50-574, the Florida Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 50-574 and the Georgia Board of Nursing, Provider Number 50-574.
It is the responsibility of the licensee to verify acceptance of contact hours for relicensure.
According to the criteria of the American Board of Certification for Gastroenterology Nurses (ABCGN), contact hours earned in this activity are considered GI Specific for the purpose of recertification through the ABCGN.
- Successful completion: Participants must complete the entire program, register, achieve a score of 80% on the post-test and submit required documentation.
- Conflict of interest: Planners disclose no conflict of interest. The speakers disclose salary or honorarium from the commercial support entity; they have signed a statement agreeing to present material fairly and without bias.
- Commercial company support: Fees are underwritten by education funding provided by Laborie.
- Non-commercial company support: None.
- Alternative/Complementary therapy: None.
- Implicit Bias: Educational Dimensions supports efforts to eliminate health care disparities and implicit bias in medical treatment along the lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status other characteristics in CNE activities addressing direct patient care.
Participants successfully completing the activity and submitting required documentation will be permitted to print a certificate of completion. Participants are advised to retain the certificate for eight years following activity completion.
Replacement of misplaced certificate is available from Educational Dimensions. There is a fee for this service. Request a replacement by contacting us.
Guide to Study
The following steps will assist you in your successful completion of this eLearning Activity.
- Read the content or view the recorded presentation. If you want contact hours at the completion of studying the eLearning material, you will be required to register, complete an evaluation and take a post-test prior to printing your Certificate of Completion. We urge you to complete the eLearning activity once you have started. However, if you do need to come back later, you can sign in with your email and eLearning ID.
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- Evaluation Form: Once you have registered or signed in you will be asked to complete an evaluation form and submit it. This is required to obtain the Certificate of Completion.
- Post-test: A post-test, based on the content of the eLearning activity, will need to be taken. A passing score of 80% is required. This is required to obtain the Certificate of Completion.
- Printing Your Certificate of Completion: Once you have successfully passed the post-test you will be able to print your Certificate of Completion. You will be given an opportunity to verify the information that will be printed on your certificate. Please make sure your printer is ready to print. You will not have access to the certificate page on later visits unless you contact us. Once you choose to print the Certificate of Completion, it will not be possible to make corrections. To obtain a corrected certificate you will need to contact Educational Dimensions. Fees may apply.
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Recorded Webinar Video
Acuna SA, et. al., Preoperative localization of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Surg. Endosc. 2017; 31:2366-2379.
Arteaga-Gonzalez I, et. al., The use of preoperative endoscopic tattooing in laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery for endoscopically advanced tumors: a prospective comparative clinical study. World J Surg. 2006. 30(4):605–611
Barquero D, González V, García O, Fernández A, Blasco A, Navarro M, Bargalló García A, Martín M, Erice E, Ariza X, Hernández C, Vascónez C, Martín M, Castellví J, Mata A. Ways to perform an endoscopic tattoo. Prospective and randomized study in patients with colorectal neoplasm. Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2021 Jul;113(7):519-523. doi: 10.17235/reed.2020.7310/2020. PMID: 33256420.
Dua, A., Liem, B., Gupta, N. Lesion retrieval, specimen handling, and endoscopic marking in colonoscopy. Gastrointest Endoscopy Clinic. (2019) 687-703.
Jackson W, et al. Long-term Visibility of Endoscopic Tattoos Using Sterile Carbon Suspension in a Pre-filled Syringe. ACG 2017 Abstract.
*Cancer Lesion Tattooing Research Results by Salloway & Associates, Inc. 2014 Sep
Kaltenbach, Tonya; Anderson, Joseph C; Burke, Carol A; Dominitz, Jason A; Gupta, Samir; Lieberman, David; Robertson, Douglas J; Shaukat, Aasma; Syngal, Sapna; Rex, Douglas K, The American Journal of Gastroenterology: March 2020 - Volume 115 - Issue 3 - p 435-464
Kaltenbach et al. Endoscopic Removal of Colorectal Lesions – Recommendations by the US Multi Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer. Feb 2020
Milone M, Vignali A, Manigrasso M, Velotti N, Sarnelli G, Aprea G, De Simone G, Maione F, Gennarelli N, Elmore U, De Palma GD. Sterile carbon particle suspension vs India ink for endoscopic tattooing of colonic lesions: a randomized controlled trial. Tech Coloproctol. 2019 Nov;23(11):1073-1078. doi: 10.1007/s10151-019-02101-y. Epub 2019 Oct 30. PMID: 31667693.
Pohl H, et al. Incomplete Polyp Resection During Colonoscopy—Results of the Complete Adenoma Resection (CARE) Study. GASTROENTEROLOGY 2013;144:74–80
Pohl H, Anderson JC, Aguilera-Fish A, Calderwood AH, Mackenzie TA, Robertson DJ. Recurrence of Colorectal Neoplastic Polyps After Incomplete Resection. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Oct;174(10):1377-1384. doi: 10.7326/M20-6689. Epub 2021 Aug 10. PMID: 34370514
Prescott A, et al: . Colonoscopic Tattoo Placement for Colorectal Neoplasms: Current Practice and Patient Outcomes at Large Cancer Center. Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States. 2018.
Rex, D. Endoscopic Tattooing Demonstration. How to Tattoo a Flat Colorectal Cancer. 2017
Wang R, Zhan HL, Li DZ, Li HT, Yu L, Wang W. [Application of endoscopic tattooing with carbon nanoparticlet in the treatment for advanced colorectal cancer]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2020 Jan 25;23(1):56-64. Chinese. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-0274.2020.01.010. PMID: 31958932.
CNE Certificate Process
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