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The STERIS System 1E Liquid Chemical Sterilant Processing System: Looking Back and Forward

November 7, 2014 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

July 1, 2015 — Almost four years ago, on April 5, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the STERIS System 1E Liquid Chemical Sterilant Processing System, or “SS1E,”…

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The Environment as a Source of Hospital Acquired Antibiotic-Resistant Pseudomonas Infections

April 3, 2014 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

April 3, 2014 — In the June, 2001, issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (“ICHE”), Sorin et al. (2001) reported that during a three-month period in 1998 as many…

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Overlooked Outbreaks of “CRE” Linked to GI Endoscopy: A “Superbug” Epidemic in Our Midst?

December 30, 2013 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

December 20, 2013 (updated December 23, 2015) — A Chicago newspaper reported on December 27, 2013, that a hospital in Park Ridge (IL) had identified an outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae,…

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