On February 19, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that reprocessing instructions for Pentax duodenoscopes had been validated and approved by the agency. ...

A new report by the United Kingdom’s Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (RAR), says drug-resistant superbugs can be fought with global coverage and research of vaccines....

A few emails and simple tweaks to electronic health records were shown to drop unneeded antibiotic prescriptions by 16% and 18% respectively....

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Building on its Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released a new toolkit aim...

During this year’s World Economic Forum in Switzerland, drug companies from 16 different nations announced a new agreement to fight the rise of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections, sometime...

Fujifilm Medical Systems issued revised reprocessing instructions late last month for Model ED-530XT duodenoscopes, according to a safety communication issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

A new Senate committee report has tripled the number of confirmed Olympus scope infections to 142. Industrywide, 250 patients have contracted ARIs from duodenoscopes...

A new study published in The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that infectious diseases are now the leading cause of emergency department (ED) visits by the elderly....

A new Los Angeles Times report alleges that device maker Olympus Corp. knew about the risk of infection in its duodenoscopes for three years before issuing an alert to its American hospital customer...