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Colonoscopy Endoscope Reprocessing Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) Hepatitis (B and C) Viruses HIV Patient Notification Vanderbilt Medical Center

Endoscopy Patients at Vanderbilt Potentially Exposed to HIV and Hepatitis, County Officials Have Confirmed | Patient notification of an infection control breach is also discussed |

November 26, 2024 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

FDA data suggest that patient exposures to inadequately cleaned GI endoscopes potentially contaminated with infectious materials, while not assuring infection, may be under-recognized safety concern.

Air Force Al Udeid Air Base (Qatar) GI Endoscopes Hepatitis (B and C) Viruses HIV

Air Force Advises 135 Patients of HIV, Hepatitis Infection Risk a Year Later A number of questions about this lapse remain unanswered.

June 26, 2017 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

June 24, 2017 –– Gastrointestinal endoscopes used at a U.S. air base in the Middle East were incorrectly cleaned, possibly exposing patients to HIV and the hepatitis B and C…

Aseptic Technique Disease Transmission Doctor's Offices Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Hepatitis (B and C) Viruses HIV Infection Prevention Multi-Dose Medicine Vials Newspapers Outbreak Investigations Single-Dose Medicine Vials Syringes or Needles The Reuse of Single-Use Devices USA Today

Recommendations to Prevent Viral Transmissions due to Improper Medical Practices

December 28, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

September 30, 2014 — This article discusses the faulty clinical practice of reusing contaminated syringes, needles and both multi- and single-dose vials of medicine. This article also provides important recommendations…

Endoscopy Patients at Vanderbilt Potentially Exposed to HIV and Hepatitis, County Officials Have Confirmed | Patient notification of an infection control breach is also discussed |

Air Force Advises 135 Patients of HIV, Hepatitis Infection Risk a Year Later A number of questions about this lapse remain unanswered.

Recommendations to Prevent Viral Transmissions due to Improper Medical Practices

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

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Endoscopy Patients at Vanderbilt Potentially Exposed to HIV and Hepatitis, County Officials Have Confirmed | Patient notification of an infection control breach is also discussed |

Air Force Advises 135 Patients of HIV, Hepatitis Infection Risk a Year Later A number of questions about this lapse remain unanswered.

Recommendations to Prevent Viral Transmissions due to Improper Medical Practices

You missed

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

Dr. Muscarella’s Responses, Proposals, and Recommendations to Medicare to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections

15 Patients Infected with Mycobacteria After Undergoing Cosmetic Surgery at a South Florida Clinic

17 U.S. Patients Were Exposed in December to a Colonoscope Contaminated with Salmonella Bacteria, FDA Reports Reveal