Drug Resistant Fungal Pathogen Linked to High Hospital Death Rates: CDC Report
A CDC study warns of the increasing spread of C. auris infections throughout the U.S. healthcare system, which is often treatment-resistant and lethal.
A CDC study warns of the increasing spread of C. auris infections throughout the U.S. healthcare system, which is often treatment-resistant and lethal.
The FDA is warning healthcare providers not to use recalled Quadrox oxygenators due to a risk of patient infections.
A Seattle hospital warns that bacterial contamination has sickened 31 patients and may have contributed to the deaths of four.
The FDA has issued another warning letter to Olympus Medical, indicating the company has ignored complaints over problems with its duodenoscopes.
A new study appears to confirm the effectiveness of disposable elevator caps in preventing duodenoscopes from passing infections from one patient to another.
The FDA has issued warning letters to Olympus over a failure to meet quality control requirements, including reporting of complaints, involving its endoscope products.
A new study finds that adverse events in hospitals have declined over the last decade, but still finds much work needs to be done to improve patient safety.
The FDA has issued new warnings and announced new recalls linked to the use of heater-cooler devices used in heart surgery and the risk of potentially deadly infections.
The CDC warns of an outbreak of a nearly untreatable fungal infection in hospitals and nursing homes in Texas and D.C.
The FDA is recommending health care professionals use disposable bronchoscopes in some situations following a significant increase in reports of infections linked to the medical devices in recent years.