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Medical Errors, Infection-Control Breaches and the Use of Adulterated Devices

December 21, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

Initial comments: The following blog is an abstract of my peer-reviewed article: Medical errors, infection-control breaches and the use of adulterated and misbranded medical devices. (Muscarella LF. World J Clin…

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Liquid Chemical Sterilization

December 6, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) astutely concludes in its notice in the Federal Register that “the adequate reprocessing of reusable medical devices is a critically important factor in…

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FDA’s Definition of Sterility, Sterile: Is It Sound and Complete?

December 6, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

December 6, 2012 (updated November 26, 2014) — This article discusses one of 5 controversial instrument-reprocessing topics. The other four topics are discussed in a more complete article that can…

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A Proposal to Include ‘Endoscope-Associated Infections’ as a Reportable Medicare Measure to Promote Patient Safety

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Medical Errors, Infection-Control Breaches and the Use of Adulterated Devices

Liquid Chemical Sterilization

FDA’s Definition of Sterility, Sterile: Is It Sound and Complete?

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A Proposal to Include ‘Endoscope-Associated Infections’ as a Reportable Medicare Measure to Promote Patient Safety

Hundreds of Thousands of Device Reports Were Submitted Late to FDA, a New Study Has Found, Raising Safety Questions

Endoscopy Patients at Vanderbilt Potentially Exposed to HIV and Hepatitis, County Officials Have Confirmed

Dr. Muscarella’s Recent Recommendations to Medicare to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections