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Category: Gastroscopes

Adverse Event Reports Bronchoscopes Colonoscopes Cystoscopes Duodenoscopes ENT Endoscopes Flexible "ENT" Laryngoscopes Food and Drug Administration Gastroscopes GI Endoscopes MAUDE Medical Device Reports (MDRs) Olympus GF-UCT180 Pentax ED-3490TK Single-Use Disposable Devices Urological Endoscopes

Contamination of Flexible Endoscopes and Associated Infections | A Comprehensive Review and Analysis of FDA Adverse Event Reports

January 28, 2022 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

This review analyzed more than 10,000 medical device reports submitted to FDA since 2014 describing the contamination of a flexible endoscope.

Bronchoscopes Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Cystoscopes Echo-endoscopes FDA's Supplemental Measures Flexible "ENT" Laryngoscopes Food Drug and Cosmetic Act Gastroscopes

New Guidance to Prevent Other Types of Flexible Endoscopes From Transmitting Superbugs A new practice is provided to prevent contaminated gastroscopes, echo-endoscopes and other types of flexible endoscopes from infecting patients with multidrug-resistant bacteria

March 26, 2018 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

March 26, 2018 (updated May 16, 2018) — Advice for preventing flexible endoscopes from transmitting potentially life-threatening “superbugs” is the focus of new research, which provides a new clinical practice…

Borescopy Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Device Contamination Endoscope Sampling Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) Gastroscopes

Gastroscopes Now Linked to ‘Superbug’ Infections, Too The number of endoscope types linked to emerging antibiotic-resistant infections is growing.

December 21, 2016 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

December 21, 2016 (By Lawrence F Muscarella, PhD) — Gastroscopes have now been linked to “superbug” infections, too, my research has found. This newly recognized risk has not been previously…

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