High-quality colonoscopy is essential for evaluation of the colon, such as de-tecting and monitoring precancerous le-sions. Suboptimal bowel preparation decreases colonoscopy efficacy and is as-sociated with significant adenoma and advanced adenoma miss rates. This summary reviews the USMSTF recommendations on optimizing bowel preparation for colonoscopy.

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