Quality indicators for GI endoscopic procedures
Defining and measuring quality in endoscopy

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This document is a product of the ASGE/ACG Task Force on Quality in Endoscopy. This document was reviewed and approved by the Governing Boards of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American College of Gastroenterology. It appears simultaneously in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

This document was reviewed and endorsed by the American Gastroenterological Association Institute.

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