The agency said it had received more than 450 reports of infections or other issues in the last four years from reprocessed urological endoscopes, which are used to view or access the urinary tract. Three patient deaths were associated with these infections.
Topping this year's list is ransomware and other cybersecurity threats. Contaminated mattresses, improperly cleaned medical devices and flaws in medical device networking also made the cut.
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Doctors inject liquid gas relief drops into GI scopes during colonoscopies and other procedures to reduce bubbles inside the body that can impede visibility, but the findings of a new study point to gas relief drops as a potential cause of contamination for these medical scopes.
Just because alarm fatigue slipped from the top spot in ECRI Institute's annual list of top 10 health technology hazards doesn't mean it's no longer a problem in hospitals.
If transmitting superbugs with scopes such a problem, why do we use the reusable devices?