Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) — United States
The number of potentially deadly infections from contaminated medical scopes is far higher than what federal officials previously estimated, a new congressional investigation shows.
As many as 350 patients at 41 medical facilities in the U.S. and worldwide were infected or exposed to tainted gastrointestinal scopes from 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Oct 2015, according to the Food and Drug Administration [FDA]. A separate Senate investigation released in January [2016] found 250 scope-related infections
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