FDA tasks 3 duodenoscope makers to conduct safety studies
In the wake of the UCLA superbug scare associated with contaminated duodenoscope use, the FDA has tasked three medtech companies to analyze how health workers clean these devices.
Scopes may be to blame for the UCLA superbug infections, but drug-resistant bacteria is the real enemy
Since the news of the CRE (carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae) infections at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center on Wednesday, many are concerned about how the design of the duodenoscope used is difficult to sterilize. Seven people were infected with CRE and two have died. The device is often used to do procedures on the gallbladder, pancreatic ducts […]
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