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PRO/EDR> Antibiotic-resistant Enterobacteriaceae – USA (02): endoscope, cases post recall
Hospital-Related Infection -- United States***[This is not recalling a post -- it reports cases occurring after the scopes were recalled. - ProMED]***Two patients died, and 6 more were sickened in a new outbreak suspected of being caused by contaminated medical scopes, according to a regulatory report by device manufacturer Olympus Corp.The report shows that hospitals are continuing to use a device that was recalled in January [2016], which experts have found to be extremely difficult to disinfect. Read more [...]
