Discussions in Infection Control

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Category: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)

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 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

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…

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Important Lessons Taught by Recent “Superbug” Outbreaks Linked to GI Endoscopes

January 15, 2015 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

January 15, 2015 — More than a dozen outbreaks of “CRE” and their related superbugs have been recently linked to contaminated gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes, several in the U.S. just since…

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

December 24, 2014 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

“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…

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