Quality and Safety
FDA warns about risk of infection from bronchoscopes
The Los Angeles Times (9/18, Terhune) reports that the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that “it was investigating reports that bronchoscopes are causing infections in patients even after the reusable devices were cleaned — the same problem seen during recent superbug outbreaks involving a gastrointestinal scope.” However, the agency said that no deaths linked to the device have been reported thus far and it believes the risk from bronchoscopes “appears to be lower” than that from duodenoscopes.
Bloomberg News (9/18, Tozzi) reports that the agency had “recorded 109 reports of infections or contamination related to bronchoscopes in the past five years, including 50 in 2014 alone,” according to its safety notice.
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