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Category: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Carbapenems Endoscope Reprocessing Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Gastrointestinal Endoscopy GI Endoscopes Olympus Olympus TJF-Q180V Ted Lieu

Congressman Lieu Asks Questions of Endoscope Manufacturers in the Wake of Several Deadly “Superbug” Outbreaks

March 30, 2015 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) has written letters to the Olympus Corporation of the Americas (Center Valley, PA) and to Pentax Medical (Montvale, NJ) asking a number of questions in…

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