2025 GI Reprocessing Landscape Report – Executive Summary

What trends are GI professionals seeing in 2025, and what makes a GI reprocessing department thrive-or struggle? These are the central questions Pure Processing set out to answer in our 2025 GI Reprocessing Landscape Survey. With 406 participants across the U.S. and beyond, the 2025 GI Reprocessing Landscape Report offers the most comprehensive look yet at the challenges, improvements, and realities facing GI teams today.

What We Learned

Departmental Operations Are Improving, But Not Evenly

Ratings for compliance, leadership, and technology all improved compared to 2024 responses. The most notable gain? Compliance, jumping from 6.8 to 7.5 out of 10, suggests that departments are placing greater focus on standard adherence and audits.

However, ergonomics and working comfort, despite a slight increase, remains among the lowest-rated areas, pointing to ongoing burnout and strenuous physical demands.

Culture, Collaboration, and Leadership Define Exceptional Teams

When asked what makes a GI reprocessing department truly exceptional, five themes stood out:

• Strong teamwork and collaboration
• A positive culture and morale
• Access to proper tools and equipment
• Ongoing training and education
• Supportive and responsive leadership

An emphasis on soft skills and leadership competencies can be the difference between adequate departments, and great ones.

Why People Are Leaving

Beyond compensation, the leading cause of turnover is working conditions, including stress, burnout, and poor ergonomics. This was followed by lack of career advancement, recognition, and management issues. Retention isn’t just about pay. It’s about meaningful work, growth opportunities, and feeling valued.

The Biggest Challenges in 2025

Gastroenterology departments cited a couple challenges taking precedent this year:

• Staying current with compliance and IFUs
• Persistent staffing shortages
• Aging scopes and equipment
• Difficulty implementing tools like borescopes and cleaning verification

Departments need to be strategic, not reactive, especially as device complexity continues to grow.

What the Data Tells Us

1. More experience = a more critical eye. The longer someone’s been in GI, the lower their department’s ratings tend to be. That’s not cynicism – it’s deeper insight into what great looks like, and increased expectations.
2. Certification correlates with higher satisfaction. Certified professionals consistently rate their departments more favorably across multiple domains.
3. Strong leadership = stronger culture. When leadership scores are high, so are culture and team morale.

Ready to Dive Deeper?

From departmental ratings to training to team dynamics, compliance trends, and retention strategies, the full 2025 GI Reprocessing Landscape Report is packed with data-driven insights to help you elevate your department.

Download the full report later this month and take the first step toward building a safer, stronger, and more sustainable GI reprocessing environment.

Download the 2024 GI Reprocessing Landscape Report here ahead of 2025’s being published!