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PRO/EDR> Antibiotic-resistant Enterobacteriaceae – USA (06): ERCP endoscopes, FDA, update

Hospital-Related Infection -- United StatesUS health officials issued a safety warning on a specialty endoscope that has been linked to the transmission of a drug-resistant superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE.Federal regulators have uncovered new violations by the manufacturer of medical scopes recently linked to outbreaks of deadly "superbug" bacteria at US hospitals.Olympus Corp. failed to alert regulators to a cluster of 16 infections in patients who underwent procedures Read more [...]