Discussions in Infection Control

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Category: Duodenoscopes

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Four Types of Medical Endoscopes Now Linked to Deadly ‘Superbug’ Infections

August 3, 2015 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

August 3, 2015 — Not just duodenoscopes, but also EUS endoscopes, bronchoscopes, and urological instrumentation used during endoscopy pose a risk of infecting patients with multidrug-resistant bacteria, including CRE, my…

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A 2015 ‘Superbug’ Outbreak in North Carolina: Were Contaminated Duodenoscopes to Blame?

July 16, 2015 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

June 15, 2015 — The Mountain Xpress, a local newspaper in Asheville (NC), reported earlier this week that two patients died in February at a hospital in North Carolina “from…

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Congressman Lieu Asks Questions of Endoscope Manufacturers in the Wake of Several Deadly “Superbug” Outbreaks

March 30, 2015 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) has written letters to the Olympus Corporation of the Americas (Center Valley, PA) and to Pentax Medical (Montvale, NJ) asking a number of questions in…

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