Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
carbapenem
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
Carbapenems
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Custom Ultrasonics
Disease Transmission
Endoscope Reprocessing
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Escherichia coli
Ethylene Oxide Gas Sterilization
Food and Drug Administration
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
GI Endoscopes
Healthcare-Acquired Infections
Hepatitis (B and C) Viruses
High-Level Disinfection
HIV
Infection Prevention
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase]-producing K. pneumoniae
Low-Temperature Sterilization
Medical Errors
Outbreak Investigations
Patient Notification
Pentax
Risk Assessment
Risk Management
Veterans Health Administration
Lessons Taught by a Recent “Superbug” Outbreak: Could ‘Ex Post Facto’ Notification be Warranted?
April 21, 2014 — Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Park Ridge, IL) in 2013 linked multiple patient infections and colonizations of…