Boston Bowel Preparation Scale

**Semantic type:** Intellectual Product

**Definition:** A tool for reporting the quality of bowel preparation that was developed to limit inter-observer variability, while preserving the ability to distinguish various degrees of bowel cleanliness. The the three broad regions of the colon: the right colon, the transverse colon, and the left colon are rated 0-3 and these segment scores are summed for a total BBPS score ranging from 0 to 9.

**Synonyms:** - BBPS