Discussions in Infection Control
An independent site by Lawrence F Muscarella PhD -- a national authority on the causes and prevention of healthcare-associated infections and related errors.
BREAKING NEWS — Senator’s Murray’s anticipated report just published: “Preventable Tragedies: Superbugs and How Ineffective Monitoring of Medical Device Safety Fails Patients“ — January 13, 2016. Patients should be able…
September 2, 2015 — Lawyers representing the family of an 82-year-old woman who died from a ‘superbug’ infection linked to a contaminated medical endoscope have filed a wrongful death lawsuit…
The FDA issued a detailed MedWatch report yesterday informing health care facilities that some additional measures may be necessary to further reduce the risk of contaminated duodenoscopes transmitting CRE, or…