There’s a big brouhaha over a cluster of infections following endoscopy at UCLA, but this needs to be placed in some perspective. It’s not the endoscopes that should scare you; it is the rise of ...

Duodenoscopes — a specific type of endoscope used in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedures — have been tied to numerous infections and even patient deaths at hospitals across the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA, endoscope manufacturers and hospitals share responsibility for the recent outbreaks of ...

At least three patients died last year at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena in an outbreak suspected to have been caused by tainted medical scopes, according to a newly discovered regulatory report.

CEDAR RAPIDS - Outbreaks of a drug-resistant superbug in Chicago, Seattle and Pittsburgh have been linked to a specialized piece of medical equipment commonly used at Eastern Iowa hospitals. Infection ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . On Feb. 18, the University of California, Los Angeles Health System notified 179 patients of potential exposure ...

Infection preventionists and healthcare epidemiologists can play a “significant role” in helping hospital endoscopy departments reduce or eliminate infections caused from duodenoscopes, according to a ...