Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
Device Recalls
Endoscope Reprocessing
Endoscope Sampling
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
Food and Drug Administration
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Outbreak Investigations
Superbugs
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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…