The Safe Storage of Gastrointestinal Endoscopes
January 7, 2013 (updated July 28, 2015) — A nurse asked, “I am reading conflicting reports about a stored flexible endoscope’s shelf life. For how long can a gastrointestinal (GI)…
Discussions in Infection Control
An independent site by Lawrence F Muscarella PhD -- a national authority on the causes and prevention of healthcare-associated infections and related errors.
January 7, 2013 (updated July 28, 2015) — A nurse asked, “I am reading conflicting reports about a stored flexible endoscope’s shelf life. For how long can a gastrointestinal (GI)…
January 4, 2013 — Two community hospitals in North Carolina in 2004 unwittingly used a oil-based hydraulic fluid instead of a detergent to “clean” surgical instruments prior to terminal sterilization…
January 3, 2013 (updated July 28, 2013, revised April 24, 2014) — This article responds to an article published in The Los Angeles Times. Although this Times’ article was published…