02.16.2016 Approaching 2% within a week of ‘scoping by Cheryl Clark When Harlan Krumholz, MD, saw a friend rushed to the hospital “with shaking and chills” one day after his colonoscopy a few years ago, he wondered how often this procedure results in such scary, adverse events. “For about 12 hours he was very, very […]
Medscape Medical News Diana Phillips October 08, 2014 An outbreak of an unusual form of Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in an Illinois hospital has been linked to duodenoscopes contaminated with the bacteria despite no apparent lapses in disinfection protocol, according to a study by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). From January […]