Endoscope Processing “Aha Moments” What Recent Focused Assessments Are Still Telling Us About Endoscopy Reprocessing

Dr. Mary Ann Drosnock is the Director of Clinical Affairs at Healthmark, a Getinge company, where she provides expertise in medical device processing and infection prevention and leads an experienced team of Clinical Educators. For 9 years, she was co-chair of AAMI WG 84, which writes ST91, the national standard on flexible endoscope reprocessing, and TIR99 on the processing of ultrasound probes and dilators. Previous to Healthmark, Mary Ann managed the Infection Control Program for Olympus America, worked and managed labs as a pharmaceutical microbiologist, and taught Microbiology courses at the college level. MaryAnn has a B.S. in Biology, an M.S. in Quality and Regulatory Affairs, and a DrHSc in Healthcare Administration and Management. She is certified in Drug Development, Pharmaceutical Science, Infection Control, Flexible Endoscope Reprocessing, is a Nationally Certified Registered Microbiologist and is a fellow of both APIC and AAMI.

Dyan Darga RN, MSN, CGRN, NE-BC is a Clinical Education Specialist with extensive expertise in Gastroenterology, Endoscopy, and high-level disinfection of endoscopes. She holds a BA in Psychology from Michigan State University, a BSN from Wayne State University and an MSN in nursing leadership and administration from Capella University.

With 30 years of nursing experience, including 20 years in gastroenterology, Dyan has worked in various endoscopy roles, from circulating and assisting physicians to technical operations and scope reprocessing.  She has spent the last decade in endoscopy leadership managing Gastroenterology Departments at Emory Healthcare, Northside Hospital (Atlanta, Georgia) and Henry Ford Health (Michigan).

Dyan is certified in Gastroenterology (CGRN) and is a Board-Certified Nurse Executive (NE-BC). She serves as the Membership Director for the Michigan Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (MSGNA) Board of Directors and has been an active SGNA national member for over 10 years, attending annual conferences.

Dyan is passionate about continuous process improvement, operational efficiency, and patient safety. Dyan is dedicated to advancing best practices in gastroenterology and endoscopy.