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.

Month: October 2014

Hepatitis (B and C) Viruses High-Level Disinfection Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Intermediate-Level Disinfection Low-Level Disinfection Transvaginal Ultrasound Probes Ultrasound Transducers

Persistent Microbial Contamination of Vaginal Ultrasound Probes Despite Disinfection: A Brief Review

Oct 22, 2014 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

October 22, 2014 — The article by M’Zail et al. (2014) entitled, “Persistence of Microbial Contamination on Transvaginal Ultrasound Probes despite Low-Level Disinfection Procedure” places important and timely focus on a risk…

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Automated Endoscope Reprocessors Biofilms Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Colonoscopes Colonoscopy Design Control Disease Transmission Disinfection Endoscope Reprocessing Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Escherichia coli Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) Ethylene Oxide Gas Sterilization Food and Drug Administration Gastrointestinal Endoscopy GI Endoscopes Glutaraldehyde High-Level Disinfection Klebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase]-producing K. pneumoniae Low-Temperature Sterilization Patient Notification Quality Assurance Quality System Regulation Root Causes Analysis Shelf Life, Storage Transparency Veterans Health Administration

Risk of Transmission of Superbugs during Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Oct 16, 2014 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

Click here (PDF format) or here  (HTML format) to read Dr. Muscarella’s “Risk of transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and related ‘superbugs’ during gastrointestinal endoscopy” (World J Gastrointest Endosc 2014; 6(10):457-474.)…

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