Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before Undergoing Endoscopy
April 19, 2016 — A hospital in the Lehigh Valley Health Network identified at least two patients last year who might have been exposed to an endoscope contaminated with a…
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April 19, 2016 — A hospital in the Lehigh Valley Health Network identified at least two patients last year who might have been exposed to an endoscope contaminated with a…
The Seattle Times: “Undisclosed superbug sickened dozens at Virginia Mason” (January 22, 2015) An outbreak of multidrug-resistant superbugs spread by contaminated endoscopes infected at least 35 patients at Virginia Mason…
January 21, 2015 — The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — also known as “UPMC” — linked a bacterial “superbug” outbreak in 2012 to the inadequate cleaning and disinfection, or…