Discussions in Infection Control

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Category: Sheaths

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The Reprocessing of Sheathed “ENT” Endoscopes, Cystoscopes, and Other Types of Flexible Endoscopes

May 17, 2013 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

A number of years ago this blog’s founder – Dr. Lawrence F Muscarella – wrote the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting the Agency review for clarity and consistency, among…

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Potentially Faulty Assessment by the Veterans Health Administration of the Risk of Infection Associated with a Number of Confirmed Breaches

January 10, 2013 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

This article by Lawrence F Muscarella, PhD, discusses the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) assessment in 2009 that the risk of healthcare-acquired infections associated with several instrument-reprocessing breaches recently identified within…

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The Partial Immersion of a Flexible Endoscope in the Disinfectant?

December 10, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

There are two rules of thumbs (among others), in particular, that are apropos to questions about whether a flexible “ENT” endoscope, like any other type of flexible endoscope, may be…

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