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The FDA has recently focused on the following medical devices and technologies, because each has been recently linked to bacterial outbreaks and discussed in the news: Heater-Cooler Devices | Duodenoscopes…
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The FDA has recently focused on the following medical devices and technologies, because each has been recently linked to bacterial outbreaks and discussed in the news: Heater-Cooler Devices | Duodenoscopes…
March 21, 2017 (9:58 pm ET) — A “corrected” duodenoscope design introduced last year by the manufacturer to replace a recalled device has been linked to a “superbug” cluster, I…
July 28, 2016 — A manufacturer decided not to warn U.S. hospitals in February 2013 about a certain complex endoscope that reports indicated was unreasonably prone to infecting patients with…