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• Morcellator Cancer Deaths, Duodenoscope Infection Risks Spur FDA Meeting On Hospitals Reporting Medical Device Problems

  December 5, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A public workshop is being held today by the FDA to discuss improving reporting by hospitals on potentially dangerous medical devices after a number of incidents where hospitals knew devices had problems but failed to report them to the agency.

• Researchers Confirm Washington E. Coli Outbreak Spread By Endoscopes

  April 1, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  The findings of a new study confirm that a deadly, drug-resistant form of E. Coli was spread at a Washington hospital due to contaminated endoscopes.