Category: Outbreak Investigations

THE SEATTLE TIMES: Senator Patty Murray urges FDA to Act to Prevent “Superbug” Infections Following GI Endoscopy

The February 4, 2015, edition of The Seattle Times newspaper publishes the article: “After Virginia Mason superbug, Patty Murray urges FDA action” The article’s sub-title states: “U.S. Sen. Patty Murray…

Risk of “Superbug” Outbreaks Linked to Two Types of Gastrointestinal Endoscopes: Pittsburgh (PA), 2012

January 21, 2015 — The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — also known as “UPMC” — linked a bacterial “superbug” outbreak in 2012 to the inadequate cleaning and disinfection, or…

At Least Seven Deaths Linked to GI Endoscopes in Seattle, Washington

“The article that started a national discussion.“ December 5, 2014 — Federal health officials recently attributed a deadly “superbug” outbreak at a hospital near Chicago (IL), in 2013, to the…