Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before Undergoing Endoscopy
April 19, 2016 — A hospital in the Lehigh Valley Health Network identified at least two patients last year who might have been exposed to an endoscope contaminated with a…
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
Death Certificates
Duodenoscopes
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Informed Consent
Multidrug Resistant Strains
Olympus TJF-160F
Olympus TJF-Q180V
Outbreak Investigations
Patient Notification
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Superbugs
At Least 3 Patients Infected with Pseudomonas Die at Pasadena’s Huntington Memorial Hospital The hospital had disclosed previously only that three patients were infected.
May 5, 2016 — At least three patients died following an endoscopic procedure performed last year at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena (CA), the Los Angeles Times disclosed today in…
Duodenoscopes
E. coli
Endoscope Reprocessing
Olympus OER-Pro
Olympus TJF-Q180V
Patient Notification
Superbugs
University of Colorado Hospital
‘Superbug’ Infects 9 Patients, 3 Die From Previously Undisclosed Outbreak in Colorado
May 6, 2016 (1:00 pm) — At least eight patients were infected with a deadly ‘superbug’ earlier this year — two of whom died — following an endoscopic procedure, my…