Infections from contaminated endoscopes or duodenoscopes can be hard to track and lethal. But new research on endoscope processing may provide a way for sterile processing professionals to deal with biofilm buildup in the SPD.

Daniel Lightfoot of Nanosonics joins Below the Hospital host Garland-Rhea Grisby to discuss research that he recently presented at HSPA 2026, and his findings on a better way to tackle the cyclical buildup of biofilm.