Officials with the Air Force Medical Service announced the results of a review yesterday which found that endoscopes used for upper and lower gastrointestinal procedures at Al Udeid Air Base, outside...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today ordered the three manufacturers of duodenoscopes marketed in the U.S. to conduct postmarket surveillance studies to better understand how the devices are reprocessed...

Following reports of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) bacteria infections linked to endoscopic procedures performed at various hospitals, including  Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center earlier...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced new actions to enhance the safety of reusable medical devices and address the possible spread of infectious agents between uses. The new recommendations...

Just a few short weeks after the reports of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) bacteria infections linked to endoscopic procedures performed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center were reported,...

In a follow-up to the carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) outbreak linked to endoscopes at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, which infected at least seven patients and was a contributing...

In an update to a report yesterday, the UCLA Health System notified 179 patients on Feb. 18 that they may have been exposed last fall to the carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) bacteria during...

Just a day after the announcement of the carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) outbreak linked to endoscopes used to diagnose and treat pancreaticobiliary diseases at the UCLA  Ronald Reagan...