Changing the cleaning process of certain gastrointestinal scopes led to a major decrease in healthcare-associated infections at UPMC, according to a study to be presented at ID Week 2014. The UPMC ...

Rigorous cleaning practices don’t ensure that medical scopes are free of contamination, and many of these reusable devices have scratches and dents that could harbor blood, tissue and bacteria, a new ...

National guidelines for the cleaning of certain gastrointestinal scopes are likely to be updated due to findings from an infection prevention team. Approximately 11 million gastrointestinal ...

Rigorous cleaning practices don’t ensure that medical scopes are free of contamination, and many of these reusable devices have scratches and dents that could harbor blood, tissue and bacteria, a new ...

Patient safety is top of mind for hospitals as reimbursement is increasingly linked to clinical quality, but one area that has not changed much in the last decade is bacteria breeding on medical ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has dropped a recall of about 2,800 scope-cleaning machines used at hospitals and clinics nationwide despite a finding by a top agency scientist last year that ...

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 ...

The seven-month study, published Tuesday in the American Journal of Infection Control, found that 12 of 20 gastroscopes and colonoscopes examined tested positive for bacterial growth, even after being ...

Three gastroenterologists discuss best practices for infection control at their endoscopy centers and hospitals, and how they’re able to stay at the forefront of providing quality patient care. Pankaj ...

Several hospitals in the U.S. struggled with dirty, improperly cleaned scopes this year, prompting the ECRI Institute to, yet again; include the safety issue on the 2016 version of its annual list of ...