Performance measures for the SACRED team-centered approach to advanced gastrointestinal endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Quality Improvement Initiative.

The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and United European Gastroenterology have defined performance measures for upper and lower gastrointestinal, pancreaticobiliary, and small-bowel endoscopy. Quality indicators to guide endoscopists in the growing field of advanced endoscopy are also underway. We propose that equal attention is given to developing the entire advanced endoscopy team and not the individual endoscopist alone.We suggest that the practice of teams intending to deliver high quality advanced endoscopy is underpinned by six crucial principles concerning: selection, acceptance, complications, reconnaissance, envelopment, and documentation (SACRED).

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R. Bisschops is supported by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO); he has received research support from FujiFilm, Medtronic, and Pentax (2015 to present) and speakersʼ fees from Norgine (2016 to present), Ipsen (2020), and Pentax (2015 to present); he has provided consultancy to FujiFilm, Pentax (2015 to present), Norgine (2016 to present), GI Supply, and CDx diagnostics. M. Keuchel is a member of the guideline group for quality in endoscopy of the German Society of Gastroenterology (DGVS; 2014 to present). M. Rutter is a member of the endoscopy groups of both the British Society of Gastroenterology and the Joint Advisory Group (JAG; ongoing). I.A. Azmy, P. Bhandari, H.-L. Ching, T. Gyökeres, A.D. Hopper, R. Kuvaev, M.S. Lau, P. Leclercq, E. Macken, D.S. Sanders, M. Thoufeeq, and A.M. Veitch declare that they have no conflict of interest.