FDA Updates
The following lists most of the FDA’s recently issued updates, safety communications and alerts discussing the manual and automated cleaning and disinfection of side-viewing duodenoscopes (or, ERCP endoscopes). Recommendations provided…
Discussions in Infection Control
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The following lists most of the FDA’s recently issued updates, safety communications and alerts discussing the manual and automated cleaning and disinfection of side-viewing duodenoscopes (or, ERCP endoscopes). Recommendations provided…
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…
March 27, 2015 — On March 26, 2015, the FDA issued a safety communication: Olympus Validates New Reprocessing Instructions for Model TJF-Q180V Duodenoscopes — click here. This Olympus safety communication…